Hi, there!
On Thursday 19 June 2003 01:25, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
PK> I have uploaded a proof of concept patch:
PK> http://phk.freebsd.dk/patch/fd_dev.patch
Just looked thru, not tested yet:
* G1/G2 macros could benefit from more descriptive names, e.g.
G_LOCK/G_UNLOCK/whatever
* the foll
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 11:25:36PM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>
> I have uploaded a proof of concept patch:
>
> http://phk.freebsd.dk/patch/fd_dev.patch
>
>
> WARNING: It is perfectly possibly that this patch eats your machine
> WARNING: destroys your disk and makes your corn-flake
I love English!
Maxime Henrion wrote:
> Giant is the big lock that protects the whole kernel that everyone is
> trying to get rid of :-).
We should just delete Giant. Then we can get rid of the whole kernel
that everyone is trying to get rid of, since Ginat will no longer be
protecting it... 8-)
On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 01:16:56AM +0200, Maxime Henrion wrote:
> walt wrote:
> > Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> >
> > >I have uploaded a proof of concept patch:
> > >
> > > http://phk.freebsd.dk/patch/fd_dev.patch
> >
> >
> > >...And with this code enabled, it is possible to go from userland to
>
walt wrote:
> Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>
> >I have uploaded a proof of concept patch:
> >
> > http://phk.freebsd.dk/patch/fd_dev.patch
>
>
> >...And with this code enabled, it is possible to go from userland to
> >device driver without touching Giant underway.
>
> I'm sorry, I can't parse t
Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
I have uploaded a proof of concept patch:
http://phk.freebsd.dk/patch/fd_dev.patch
...And with this code enabled, it is possible to go from userland to
device driver without touching Giant underway.
I'm sorry, I can't parse that last sentence. Could you explain in
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I have uploaded a proof of concept patch:
http://phk.freebsd.dk/patch/fd_dev.patch
WARNING: It is perfectly possibly that this patch eats your machine
WARNING: destroys your disk and makes your corn-flakes soggy.
WARNING: RUN AT YOUR OWN RISK!
This patch basically shortcuts access
