From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Sat, 28 May 2005 00:15:01 +0100 (BST) Received: from clock-tower.bc.nu ([IPv6:::ffff:81.2.110.250]:9150 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by linux-mips.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 28 May 2005 00:14:45 +0100 Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j4RNComP031637; Sat, 28 May 2005 00:12:50 +0100 Received: (from alan@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id j4RNCnd2031636; Sat, 28 May 2005 00:12:49 +0100 X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.localdomain: alan set sender to alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk using -f Subject: Re: Porting To New System From: Alan Cox To: Stanislaw Skowronek Cc: Cameron Cooper , linux-mips@linux-mips.org In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1117235565.5730.255.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 00:12:47 +0100 Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 8005 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips On Gwe, 2005-05-27 at 20:43, Stanislaw Skowronek wrote: > Rest assured, there will be no MMU interface. You seem remarkably confident for someone who has never taken one apart. There are numerous ways to present an MMU interface without allowing arbitary system access providing you do it via the core OS rather than via the hardware. This is how Xen handles x86 and the same can be done by other systems.