On 2/10/06, Bryan Sant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You still have to talk to hardware though. Eventually you have to > talk to the ethernet controller. If my user space program uses it's > own TCP/IP stack, but that stack has to talk to the ethernet > controller, aren't I making the same number of system calls (or more)? > Also, I'm possiblity bypassing any kernel based security (my > userspace stack would have to know that you can't listen on ports > <1024 if you're not root, etc).
Exactly why microkernels are better. (-: Justin /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
