Messages in this thread | | | From | david parsons <> | Subject | Re: Of removable devices | Date | Wed, 16 Feb 2000 15:15:43 -0800 (PST) |
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Alexander Viro wrote:
> On 16 Feb 2000, david parsons wrote:
> > On a real operating system, the OS would simply notify userland, which > > would do whatever it wanted to do. [...]
> > Think about kerneld/kmod/whatever it is this week. > > Oh, _please_! kmod is the last thing you want here.
You're suffering, I'm afraid, from an almost pathological lack of imagination. I'm pointing out kerneld/kmod/whatever as an example of punting kernel events out to userspace for a daemon to deal with, not saying "we should do it exactly like kerneld, or kmod, or whatever the fuck the interface is this week"
____ david parsons \bi/ Just what IS the interface this week, anyway? \/
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