Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 23 Jun 2007 09:54:08 -0700 | From | "Matthew Jacob" <> | Subject | Re: How innovative is Linux? |
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> > > hmm, wasn't loadable kernel modules first implemented in SunOS 4.x [...] > Yes, but that was pretty cumbersome. You had to resolve the symbols in user > space, using a hopefully matching /vmunix. Linux was first to feature an > in-kernel linker and symbol table, IIRC. > >
Err, uh, no- I believe that Solaris development for this at the very least predates even 0.59 linux- I think it was Joe Provino at Sun ECD near Boston who gave us a working prototype in early 1989. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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