Kernel Comparison: Linux (2.6.28) versus Windows (Vista SP1)
Boot
Boot Image
| Boot Image (selection) | Linux | Windows |
| boot selection of uniprocessor/multiprocessor optimised image | Y' | Y' |
| boot self patching of unified image to create uniprocessor/multiprocessor image | Y | N |
Boot Image Features
| Boot Image Features | Linux | Windows |
| runtime loadable modules | Y | Y |
| Relocatable kernel | Y (x86)
N (AMD64/Intel64, IA-64) |
N |
Uniprocessor Boot Image
| Boot Image (uniprocessor, no PAE) | Linux | Windows |
| files - kernel mode (no drivers25, 29) | vmlinuz11, 12' | NTOSKRNL.EXE, HAL.DLL, GDIPLUS.DLL, WIN32K.SYS'' |
| files - user mode (no drivers25, 29) | -' | NTDLL.DLL, KERNEL32.DLL, USER32.DLL, CSRSS.EXE'''' |
| filesizes - kernel mode (no drivers25, 29) | 1.7MB' | 6.9MB (3.3+0.5+2.0+2.0MB)'' |
| filesizes - user mode (no drivers25, 29) | -' | 3.0MB (0.7+1.0+0.6+0.7MB)'''' |
| filesizes - total (no drivers25, 29) | 1.7MB'' | 9.9MB' |
Alternative Boot Image
| Boot Image (others) | Linux | Windows |
| files kernel mode - multiprocessor, no PAE (no drivers25, 29) | vmlinuz11, 12 | NTKRNLMP.EXE, HAL.DLL, GDIPLUS.DLL, WIN32K.SYS |
| files kernel mode - uniprocessor, PAE (no drivers25, 29) | vmlinuz11, 13 | NTKRNLPA.EXE, HAL.DLL, GDIPLUS.DLL, WIN32K.SYS |
| files kernel mode - multiprocessor, PAE (no drivers25, 29) | vmlinuz11, 13 | NTKRPAMP.EXE, HAL.DLL, GDIPLUS.DLL, WIN32K.SYS |
Boot probing
| Boot (probing) | Linux | Windows |
| boot - multithreaded device probing - USB | N
Y (option) |
N |
| boot - multithreaded device probing - PCI | N
Y (option) |
N |
| boot - multithreaded device probing - ISA | N
Y (option) |
N |
| boot - asynchronous SCSI scanning | Y | N |
Firmware
| Firmware | Linux | Windows |
| BIOS | Y | Y |
| EFI | Y | Y |
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