1) I don't see a question here. (Or at least, there's nothing that ends with a question mark.)
2) I did point out to him that his assumptions were wrong. A couple have now pointed out that drivers are possible in userspace, and even a goal of ours. What are you looking for? On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 11:24:29PM +0800, Robert Marlow wrote: > Is anyone going to answer Joachim's question? > > > On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 04:15:07PM +0200, Jeroen Dekkers wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 03:59:32PM +0200, Emile van Bergen wrote: > > > As much as I appreciate some aspects of the Hurd's design, I must say I > > > never really saw the point of having a microkernel if it doesn't allow > > > you to implement drivers as services. > > > > Mach allows you to implement user-space drivers AFAIK. This no > > limitation in the Hurd, we can do it. Our current drivers are just a > > big hack at the moment. > > > > > Today's hardware is so much of a moving target, that having drivers in > > > separate processes would be a huge boon, especially considering the fact > > > how much easier it would be for those untrusted 3rd parties (hardware > > > manufacturers ;-) to write and debug drivers if they are just standard > > > process using the standard user mode API. > > > > I agree, on L4 we must implement drivers in user-space, but that will > > probably just a hack of the Linux drivers until we get enough people > > to write native drivers. This is certainly something we want and will > > likely be created in the future. > > > > > The only popular OS I know that gets this right is QNX, but sadly it's > > > proprietary as hell. > > > > I'm sure we can do better. > > > > Jeroen Dekkers > > -- > > Jabber supporter - http://www.jabber.org Jabber ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Debian GNU supporter - http://www.debian.org http://www.gnu.org > > IRC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > from > > da Bobstopper > (Public Key available at http://bobturf.australispro.com.au/publickey.html) > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- "Frankly, trying to turn Windows into a decent educational software development platform is about as fun as jumping naked into a pit of rabid wolves." - As seen on slashdot -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
