On Tue, 2006-04-25 at 22:46 +0200, Bas Wijnen wrote: > I like Shapiro's idea about watchdogs which don't bite, but only bark. ;-) > (He didn't use that terminology, but I think it's nice. :-) )
I have a rottweiler with this property. :-) > > > A user logs in to a terminal, and his session receives the corresponding > > > capabilities. One of them will be for the usb bus, where he can register > > > any device driver he wants.... > > > > Are the device drivers (D) provided by the operating system or the > > user? > > By the user. The idea is that you can bring your own driver for your device, > and don't need the system administrator to install it in order to use your > device. I'd expect a Hurd system to be able to do that. :-) A large (and increasing) number of drivers have access to physical DMA. As a result, letting the user bring their own drivers is exactly equivalent to letting them install their own OS. shap _______________________________________________ L4-hurd mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/l4-hurd
