Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 8 Apr 1998 00:06:34 -0400 (EDT) | From | <> | Subject | Re: HW access allowed ? |
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They require you to turn off the safety first (i.e. logon as root). Just like linux already does. Case closed.
On Tue, 7 Apr 1998, David Schwartz wrote:
> > And how, pray tell, does a _real_ OS determine which trigger squeezes > are accidental? > > DS > > > >A _real_ OS doesn't allow you to shoot yourself in the foot if you don't > >want it to but you accidentally squeeze the trigger. > > > >Andrej > > > >David Schwartz wrote: > >> > >> Linux allows the root user to pretty much do whatever he or she > wishes. > >> A _real_ O.S. lets you shoot yourself in the foot if you wish to. > >> > >> DS > >> > >> >So Linux allows userland programs to access the hardware directly ? > >> > > >> >And I thought it is a _real_ O.S. ... :-) > >> > > >> >-- > >> >David Balazic , student > >> >E-mail : 1stein@writeme.com | living in sLOVEnija > >> >home page: http://surf.to/stein > >> >Computer: Amiga 1200 + Quantum LPS-340AT > >> > >> - > >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" > in > >> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > > > >-- > >Andrej Presern, andrejp@luz.fe.uni-lj.si > > > > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu >
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