Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 20:21:09 -0600 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: James Howard <howardjp@wam.umd.edu>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: KLDs Message-ID: <199910110221.UAA12619@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199910102202.PAA08093@dingo.cdrom.com> References: <Pine.GSO.4.10.9910081901240.20621-100000@rac9.wam.umd.edu> <199910102202.PAA08093@dingo.cdrom.com>
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> > Could things be done in such a way that like QNX, it can > > kill and restart a misbehaving driver? What other cool things can be > > done? > > QNX doesn't do that. Actually, in many cases it does. There are numerous advantages in a well-designed/optimized micro-kernel that FreeBSD will never have. [ However, as has been shown by the plethora of poor micro-kernel implementations (QNX not withstanding), it's hard to implement a well-designed/optimized micro-kernel, especially one that is not architecture dependant. ] Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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