Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: Updated 2.4 TODO List -- new addition WAS(test9 PCI | Date | Thu, 12 Oct 2000 06:26:57 -0400 | From | Horst von Brand <> |
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yodaiken@fsmlabs.com said: > On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 11:21:06PM -0400, Horst von Brand wrote: > > also moves forward a lot faster than glibc, and grows a lot. A bug in glibc > > means an application goes down or screws up, a bug in the kernel can mean > > masive data loss in no time at all.
> Foolhardy as it may be, people do _use_ the operating system to run > important applications and an "application goes down or screws up" can be > quite serious.
Yes. But "the kernel screws up and crashes" is more serious, as it takes _all_ applications with it. And if it is "screws up and scribbles on de disks" the losses are even much more serious. -- Horst von Brand vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl Casilla 9G, Vin~a del Mar, Chile +56 32 672616 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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