Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 17:05:42 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: adonai@jump.net (Lee Crites) Cc: terry@lambert.org, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kernel driver source installer? Message-ID: <199701220635.RAA13875@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.19970122042506.006a03c8@jump.net> from Lee Crites at "Jan 21, 97 10:25:06 pm"
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Lee Crites stands accused of saying: > > Since I'm probably still killed on the freebsd.org system, If you can work out what's happening there, you'll be reinstated PDQ. 8) > Check out aix. You can build kernel extensions with impunity. To quote the > "AIX RS/6000 as a REAL-TIME SYSTEM" redbook: "The AIX kernel is a > dynamically extendable kernel that can be expanded by adding device drivers, > system calls, kernel services, or private kernel routines. Extensinos can > be added at system boot time or while the system is in operation." > > And it works. Yeowch. I spy a huge pile of locks and semaphores. > I'm not trying to be a 'squeaky wheel' here, but this is a real possibility. Wrong approach. Squeak lots 8) > Having been on the kernel extension writing end of things, I can appreciate > how complex it would be to configure a live, running kernel that can accept > aribrary extensions on the fly. However, making something that can > link/re-link on reboot wouldn't be as difficult. Are you admitting some experience and maybe offering to help? Wonderful! > My point here is if we continue to think of things in terms of a single > paradigm, that is all we will ever see, thus the only solutions we will ever > come up with. If, on the other hand, we continue to expand our vision, we > will be able to come up with much better solutions. Understood. I doubt that even the most stuck-in-the-mud conservatives would disagree with the basic sentiment there. > Lee -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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