Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 4 May 1999 10:08:50 -0400 (EDT) | From | phazer <> | Subject | Re: Java or Forth interpreter in kernel for device drivers - i'm interested |
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Intel and SCO are working on something like that. The whitepaper is here http://www.sco.com/UDI/specs.html
-phazer
On Tue, 4 May 1999, Bill Kelly wrote:
>I noticed the following on the Linux wish-list: >"Java or Forth interpreter in kernel for device drivers. This lets vendors >write binary drivers that will work for Intel, Alpha, and whatever else uses >the same bus. An interpreted driver without source code is better than no >driver at all." > >That's interesting, a cross-platform binary standard for device drivers is a >somewhat different reason than why I thought many hardware-types liked to be >able to break into Forth interpreters at boot time. I thought the Forths >were mostly used as an interactive hardware-debugging aid, or possibly as a >interpreters for plug-n-play style startup code on the cards. (Am I way off >here? I don't have hardware experience, myself.) > >I don't mean to impugn the idea of a cross-platform interpreter for drivers >in any way, it sounds really cool. But I can imagine that an existing >binary standard like Java might have a better chance of being adopted for >something like this, and that interactivity might not be a primary concern. >(If anyone wants to counter that Forth really has a chance here, by all >means; I think that would be neat. :) > >But in any case, I would be interested in providing an in-kernel Forth to >serve as more of a hardware-oriented debugging aid, if anyone can confirm >that this a) would be useful and desirable, and b) would be willing to >suggest features it should have to make it the most cool and useful. > >Any thoughts? > >Bill Kelly >(mailto:billk@cts.com) > > > >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in >the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu >Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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