UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

hello everyone,
can anyone tell me what drivers the Mach kernel works with. I'm thinking about experimenting with the Mach kernel, and yes I know there are other kernels that are easier to work with but I just want to use the Mach kernel. So with that being said, can the Mach kernel work with Linux drivers, MacOSX drivers, is there a special kind of driver that the Mach kernel uses, OR, do I have to write my own custom drivers? Any hep will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance

Mach is a microkernel concept, not an actual implementation. There's a few different implementations out there, the most prominent probably being GNU Hurd and Darwin.

And no, "drivers" (really kernel modules) usually are not compatible between different OS'.

ok, not to doubt your expertise but I'm new to this stuff. I though that the drivers (or kernel modules) were loaded directly into the kernel so if the kernel of the OS were the same the kernel modules will be compatible, the same way different Linux distros use the same kernel modules.

Each kernel module is generally compiled for a particular kernel series.

well thats my question, what kernel modules can be loaded into the Mach kernel?

That's more or less correct. But Mach, both as a concept and implementation, is fundamentally different from Linux. Linux is a monolithic kernel that uses modules to access hardware. Mach is a microkernel that uses small servers in user-space which handle hardware communication.

so does that mean i have to write my own code to interface hard drives, sound cards, video cards, usb devices, etc???