From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 31 Jan 2001 15:41:00 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 31 Jan 2001 15:40:50 -0500 Received: from jump-isi.interactivesi.com ([207.8.4.2]:62712 "HELO dinero.interactivesi.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Wed, 31 Jan 2001 15:40:44 -0500 Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 14:40:41 -0600 From: Timur Tabi To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <009701c08bc2$573aee10$7253e59b@megatrends.com> In-Reply-To: <20010131195434.29410.qmail@web8002.mail.in.yahoo.com> Subject: Re: A query regarding kernel programming, very small X-Mailer: The Polarbar Mailer; version=1.19a; build=73 Message-ID: X-AntiVirus: scanned for viruses by AMaViS 0.2.1 (http://amavis.org/) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org ** Reply to message from "Venkatesh Ramamurthy" on Wed, 31 Jan 2001 15:13:38 -0500 > driver development is a part of kernel development. Kernel is a bigger > entity which contains scheduler, io subsystem, memory subsystem etc.... > Drivers comes under the IO subsystem. I think the confusion stems from the fact that with some operating systems (like OS/2), drivers are not considered part of the kernel, but with Linux (and possibly some others), drivers are considered part of the kernel. -- Timur Tabi - ttabi@interactivesi.com Interactive Silicon - http://www.interactivesi.com When replying to a mailing-list message, please direct the reply to the mailing list only. Don't send another copy to me. - 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/