Hi!
27-Фев-2004 01:22 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Aitor Santamari'a Merino) wrote to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>> I don't think that this (_not_ well-defined nor safe code) should be
>>included into kernel.
ASM> Can you please define what is "safe" or "well defined"?
"Well defined" - explained in well-known sources (like RBIL or MS-DOS
Programmer Reference). "Safe" - portable across any/most hardware.
For example, XMS management (HIMEM) isn't (very) portable and this is
not the first topic to include into kernel.
ASM> I can understand that "safe" means including rebooting code into kernel
ASM> may be dangerous (shouldn't if everything works as one expects), but
ASM> well-defined just surprises me.
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