Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [Q]: Linux and real device drivers | Date | Tue, 21 Sep 1999 15:07:11 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> I don't say they have to be shipped seperately, but if they are separated, > they can be handled like normal high-priority tasks, swapped out if
They can't because they need to handle interrupts and get high performance
> unused, delivered by manufacturers seperately of the kernel and kernel > version independent (more or less at least). Besides, by treating
Unlikely. They would stil be very tied to the kernel.
> drivers as tasks, it is sometimes possible to keep a system alive if a > driver crashes. (Though a real crash is still a real crash...),
If a driver crashes it doesnt really matter what state it was in unless you start auditing every I/O access via some kind of I/O manager. In which case it'll take you a week or two to finish booting
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