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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next prev parent 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
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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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