From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
To: Linh Dang <linh@home.earth>
Cc: "Embedded Linux PPC list" <linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org>
Subject: Re: Linux is not reliable enough?
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 18:23:26 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040725162332.05AC2C109F@atlas.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 23 Jul 2004 23:02:15 EDT." <wn5pt6mw1jc.fsf@linhd-2.ca.nortel.com>
In message <wn5pt6mw1jc.fsf@linhd-2.ca.nortel.com> you wrote:
>
> Well, X server doesn't run in the same vm space as the
> kernel. however, on my PC, X is the thing that would most likely to
> put the system into an unusable state (frozen keyboard, mouse and
> screen).
This just means that X is crashed. I'm pretty sure the system is
stillr unning fine, and you can for example login over the network.
This example has lttle relevance to embedded system.
> QNX's drivers run in their own process space but they still have
> direct access to the hardware. A driver can screw up the hw regardless
> whatever vm-sandbox in which it run.
Indeed.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-07-25 16:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-07-22 12:00 random ramblings on 8xx patches (long and tedious :-) Robert P. J. Day
2004-07-22 17:46 ` Matt Porter
2004-07-23 12:34 ` Robert P. J. Day
2004-07-23 13:36 ` Wolfgang Denk
2004-07-23 14:09 ` Robert P. J. Day
2004-07-23 14:56 ` Wolfgang Denk
[not found] ` <410123EE.4000602@intracom.gr>
2004-07-23 15:56 ` Mark Chambers
2004-07-23 17:22 ` Wolfgang Denk
2004-07-23 21:06 ` Linux is not reliable enough? Kevin P. Dankwardt
2004-07-24 3:02 ` Linh Dang
2004-07-24 6:29 ` Der Herr Hofrat
2004-07-25 16:23 ` Wolfgang Denk [this message]
2004-07-24 11:35 ` Mark Chambers
2004-07-24 22:14 ` MPC8245 Error No. 26 DeLaGarza, Robert
2004-07-26 7:49 ` Linux is not reliable enough? Marius Groeger
2004-07-26 13:46 ` Mark Chambers
2004-07-26 14:31 ` Der Herr Hofrat
2004-07-26 15:42 ` Marius Groeger
2004-07-27 11:20 ` Robert Kaiser
2004-07-27 13:29 ` Mark Chambers
2004-07-24 21:44 ` Sylvain Munaut
2004-07-25 3:00 ` Could 2_4_devel support RPXlite DW LCD panel? Song Sam
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-07-27 14:41 Linux is not reliable enough? Wells, Charles
2004-07-27 15:20 ` Mark Chambers
2004-07-27 15:59 Mészáros Lajos
2004-07-27 17:10 ` Oliver Korpilla
2004-07-27 23:08 ` Conn Clark
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