On Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 09:42:01AM +0100, Robert Schwebel wrote: > On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, kirti wrote: > > Normaly we come across 2 modes of operation , user mode & kernel mode, > > Is there any OS which provides only one mode of operation ??? I think > > DOS doesn't support kernel mode as a seperate mode of operation, does > > any OS for Embeded has such fearures ?? If anybody knows it then let > > me know it. > > Having user mode and kernel mode is not a bad thing in general, why do you > want to avoid it? Speaking for Linux, you should always try to design your > system in a way that you have most of your application code in user space. > The operating system helps you to protect the machine against bugs in your > application - why don't you want to use this feature?
Indeed. I concur with you that it sounds like kirti thinks this is a bug; it's not. It's a feature. Really. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] Member of the Technical Staff Baylink RFC 2100 The Suncoast Freenet The Things I Think Tampa Bay, Florida http://baylink.pitas.com +1 727 804 5015 "If you don't have a dream; how're you gonna have a dream come true?" -- Captain Sensible, The Damned -- To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the command "unsubscribe linux-embedded" in the message body. For more information, see <http://waste.org/mail/linux-embedded>.
