From: Richard Yao <ryao@cs.stonybrook.edu>
To: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Jidong Xiao <jidong.xiao@gmail.com>,
Kernel development list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Can we move device drivers into user-space?
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:33:49 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F48488D.30501@cs.stonybrook.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120224171344.GA9485@kroah.com>
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On 02/24/12 12:13, Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 12:06:54PM -0500, Jidong Xiao wrote:
>> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 11:54 AM, Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
wrote:
>>>> As to "Linux isn't a microkernel", even though the debate between
>>>> Linux and microkernel have never stopped,
>>>
>>> Um, who is having such a debate? We aren't, so I don't think the debate
>>> has ever started.
>>>
>>
>> Here is the classic debate between Andrew S. Tanenbaum and Linus Torvalds:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanenbaum%E2%80%93Torvalds_debate
>
> That was 20 years ago, to assume that anyone rational was still having
> that debate today is insane.
Jidong Xiao was correct in saying that there was a debate. It continues
much like the Korean war does today.
With that said, I suggest that Jidong Xiao switch to MINIX, GNU or his
own OS based on one of the L4 kernels (SEL4 maybe?).
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-02-25 2:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 68+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-02-23 4:56 Can we move device drivers into user-space? Jidong Xiao
2012-02-23 15:57 ` Cong Wang
2012-02-23 16:34 ` Jidong Xiao
2012-02-23 20:48 ` david
2012-02-23 21:01 ` Jidong Xiao
2012-02-24 18:21 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2012-02-25 15:10 ` Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu
2012-02-26 0:06 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2012-02-26 0:29 ` Richard Yao
2012-02-27 11:31 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2012-02-26 1:58 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2012-02-26 3:34 ` arts zhao
2012-02-27 11:29 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2012-02-25 15:31 ` Richard Yao
2012-02-23 21:18 ` Roland Dreier
2012-02-24 15:19 ` Jidong Xiao
2012-02-24 15:38 ` Greg KH
2012-02-24 16:38 ` Jidong Xiao
2012-02-24 16:54 ` Greg KH
2012-02-24 17:06 ` Jidong Xiao
2012-02-24 17:13 ` Greg KH
2012-02-24 17:21 ` Jidong Xiao
2012-02-24 17:31 ` Greg KH
2012-02-25 2:33 ` Richard Yao [this message]
2012-02-25 4:28 ` Jidong Xiao
2012-02-24 17:10 ` Al Viro
2012-02-25 19:23 ` Jidong Xiao
2012-02-25 20:55 ` Greg KH
2012-02-25 23:43 ` Jidong Xiao
2012-02-26 17:40 ` Greg KH
2012-02-26 22:46 ` Greg KH
2012-02-27 11:17 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2012-02-24 17:07 ` Guenter Roeck
2012-02-24 17:17 ` Greg KH
2012-02-24 17:47 ` Guenter Roeck
2012-02-24 18:34 ` Greg KH
2012-02-24 19:15 ` Henrik Rydberg
2012-02-24 19:26 ` Greg KH
2012-02-24 20:10 ` Henrik Rydberg
2012-02-24 20:16 ` Greg KH
2012-02-24 20:37 ` Henrik Rydberg
2012-02-24 20:56 ` Greg KH
2012-02-24 21:22 ` Henrik Rydberg
2012-02-24 21:30 ` Ted Ts'o
2012-02-24 22:14 ` Henrik Rydberg
2012-02-24 22:20 ` Greg KH
2012-02-24 22:49 ` Henrik Rydberg
2012-02-24 22:54 ` Greg KH
2012-02-24 23:14 ` Henrik Rydberg
2012-02-25 12:15 ` Theodore Tso
2012-02-26 9:54 ` Henrik Rydberg
2012-02-26 4:56 ` Bobby Powers
2012-02-26 10:47 ` Henrik Rydberg
2012-02-26 12:26 ` Richard Yao
2012-02-26 14:23 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2012-02-26 15:29 ` Henrik Rydberg
[not found] ` <365b85cee33d4f1aadc31336663de21c@HUBCAS2.cs.stonybrook.edu>
2012-02-26 15:05 ` Richard Yao
2012-02-26 20:30 ` Ted Ts'o
[not found] ` <09a5cca9cffb4300843f682be529e8ca@HUBCAS2.cs.stonybrook.edu>
2012-02-26 21:25 ` Richard Yao
2012-02-26 21:35 ` Theodore Tso
[not found] ` <10de0ef9fb5d44c08669191e12343a97@HUBCAS2.cs.stonybrook.edu>
2012-02-26 22:03 ` Richard Yao
2012-02-27 11:17 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2012-02-26 23:08 ` david
2012-02-27 0:01 ` Henrik Rydberg
2012-02-27 0:53 ` david
2012-02-27 9:07 ` Henrik Rydberg
2012-03-01 9:54 ` Thomas Gleixner
2012-02-24 15:58 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
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