On Fri, May 19, 2000 at 05:56:58PM +0100, Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > Mark Kettenis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > 8. > > Does it make any sense to move most device drivers (scsi/ide) > > from Mach to user-space. > > I suppose than PCI bus etc. would still need to be in kernel. > > > > I suppose that you'll always need some basic support for a disk device > > in the Mach kernel. Some other device drivers might be moved out to > > Why would PCI bus have to be in the kernel? Why would you need support > for a disk device in the kernel?
The first thing that springs to mind is that if you lack a disk device you may have some difficulty in loading the server which provides it, in paging it in or out, etc.. Daniel -- /----------------- Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----------------\ | | He wasn't good or evil or cruel or extreme in any way but | | f u cn rd ths, | one, which was that he had elevated greyness to the | | u cn gt a jb s | status of a fine art and cultivated a mind that was as | | a cmptr prgrmr. | bleak and pitiless and logical as the slopes of Hell. | | | -- Terry Pratchett | \-Evil Overlord, Inc: planning your future today. http://www.eviloverlord.com-/
