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Java Benefit of Kernel

So I was wondering what are the benefits of Unix kernel?

It does Process Management, File Management, Main Memory Management and Disk Management!

Why couldn't operating system take care of these things? why did we need another intermediate Smilie
 
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ibmf(7) 						   Device and Network Interfaces						   ibmf(7)

NAME
ibmf - InfiniBand Management Transport Framework DESCRIPTION
The InfiniBand (IB) Management Transport Framework provides the mechanisms for IB management modules to communicate with other InfiniBand management modules such as the Subnet Administration process. It also provides helper functions such as Subnet Administration Access (SAA) for commonly performed operations. FILES
/kernel/misc/ibmf 32-bit ELF kernel misc module (x86 platform only). /kernel/misc/amd64/ibmf 64-bit ELF kernel misc module (x86 platform only). /kernel/misc/sparcv9/ibmf 64-bit ELF kernel misc module (SPARC platform only). ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Architecture |PCI-based systems | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface stability |Consolidation Private | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWib | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
ibtl(7D) InfiniBand Architecture Specification, Version 1.1 www.infinibandta.org SunOS 5.11 9 Sep 2004 ibmf(7)