Messages in this thread | | | From | "Albert D. Cahalan" <> | Subject | Re: a joint letter on low latency and Linux | Date | Tue, 4 Jul 2000 19:18:03 -0400 (EDT) |
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Artur Skawina writes: > Albert D. Cahalan wrote:
>>> So you are proposing to make the kernel less efficient so that >>> binary only driver vendors have it easier? Because once such a >> >> It isn't just for them. The binary+source vendors can use it too. >> Many users will want binaries, even if source is available. >> >>> "generic kernel" option is there they will use it, and then it's >>> no longer really optional if you happen to need just one driver >>> w/o source... >> >> No, you can use a pure PentiumIII-SMP kernel as long as it provides >> the code-modification services for generic modules. Compiled-in >> drivers simply don't call (or trap to) the self-modification engine. > > What if i want a pure PIII-UP kernel? How are the different data > structures handled?
You get it, but you may need to give up generic module support. This isn't any worse than what we have today.
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