sorry for the stupid question. i didn't mean to step in that. - erik
On Wed Mar 29 22:28:01 CST 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed Mar 29 20:52:09 EST 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > do you have some pointers to papers from these guys? > > > > from my uneducated position, it seems to me that plan9 has a large > > percentage of what microkernels claim. one thing one can't > > do is write a hardware driver that lives in userspace. one advantage > > of this could be the ability to load drivers depending on configuration. > > > > has anybody invested some brain cells in this? > > > > - erik > > yes, brain cells have been burned on that and it has been done. > but we're waiting for uriel's replacement for 9load before the > details are finalised. after all, we don't want to waste our time > doing something that's already been done but just not released. > > --jim
