Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: x86 memsize > 1Gb patches. | Date | Tue, 17 Mar 1998 07:19:44 -0400 | From | Horst von Brand <> |
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Rik van Riel <H.H.vanRiel@fys.ruu.nl> said:
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> Stability and safety can go first when inserting binary drivers. > We could, however, have two versions: > - one fast inlined one for the kernel code > - one slower non-inlined version for external drivers
That means _two_ interfaces to do the same thing that have to be fixed each time, and tested, and... Is the extra work for the core maintainers worth it? -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand mailto:vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513
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