Re: Is traditional unixes kernel really stable ?

[Wes Peters]

Gustavo V G C Rios wrote:
> 
> Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> >
> > Some archs (such as i386) allow the OS to set page protections and
> > io permission bitmaps that effectively can pretect against problems
> > with drivers touching incorrect IO ranges, however...
> >
> > >
> > > Worse yet: What about hardware buggy devices?
> > > This could case the entiry system to crash, isn't it ?
> >
> > Yes, incorrectly programmed hardware either by firmware (on
> > chip/board) or by drivers can cause crashes and hardware damage.
> >
> 
> That's the point!
> Why not a different approach ?
> Why not starting a microkernel arch? The microkernel would basically do
> just feel tasks, like:

Great idea, but that's not what FreeBSD is about.  I suggest heading
for your favorite search engine and looking up "Flux OS" and "Spring
OS".

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            "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

Wes Peters                                                         Softweyr LLC
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