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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Booting a modular kernel through a multiple streams file / Making Linux multiboot capable and grub loading kernel modules at boot time.
Date: 19 Dec 2001 19:20:47 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <9vrlef$mat$1@cesium.transmeta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200112181605.KAA00820@tomcat.admin.navo.hpc.mil> <m18zbzwp34.fsf@frodo.biederman.org> <3C205FBC.60307@zytor.com> <m1zo4fursh.fsf@frodo.biederman.org>

Followup to:  <m1zo4fursh.fsf@frodo.biederman.org>
By author:    ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman)
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> 
> Which just goes to show what a fragile firmware design it is, to have
> firmware callbacks doing device I/O.  I think the whole approach of
> having firmware callbacks is fundamentally flawed but I'll do my best
> to keep it working, for those things that care.  If it works over 50%
> of the time I'm happy...
> 

NAK.  You can make it perfectly robust thankyouverymuch, as long as
you don't try to *mix* firmware and poking directly at the
hardware... this is a classic "who owns what" class problem.

	-hpa
-- 
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http://www.zytor.com/~hpa/puzzle.txt	<amsp@zytor.com>

  reply	other threads:[~2001-12-20  3:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-12-18 16:05 Booting a modular kernel through a multiple streams file / Making Linux multiboot capable and grub loading kernel modules at boot time Jesse Pollard
     [not found] ` <m1r8prwuv7.fsf@frodo.biederman.org>
     [not found]   ` <3C204282.3000504@zytor.com>
     [not found]     ` <m1itb3wsld.fsf@frodo.biederman.org>
     [not found]       ` <3C2052C0.2010700@zytor.com>
2001-12-19  9:12         ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-12-19  9:37           ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-12-19 15:57             ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-12-20  3:20               ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2001-12-20  6:31                 ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-12-20  6:57                   ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-12-20 16:39                     ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-12-20 18:35                       ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-12-21 16:57                         ` Eric W. Biederman
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-12-17 22:10 Booting a modular kernel through a multiple streams file Grover, Andrew
2001-12-18 15:26 ` Booting a modular kernel through a multiple streams file / Making Linux multiboot capable and grub loading kernel modules at boot time Christian Koenig
2001-12-18 18:32   ` H. Peter Anvin

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