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It's frustrating that there isn't much of an effort to turn Linux into more of a microkernel. Instead the kernel just keeps getting bigger with even more subsystems and modules that can be exploited.
A microkernel wouldn't be that useful without a stable module interface, which won't be coming anytime soon.
There is at least already a userspace PCIe API. And USB and so on.
Systems built on microkernels exist, you know. See Redox.
https://redox-os.org/