Re: RFC: Writing Solaris Device Drivers in Java

2008-03-31 Thread David Miller
From: Peter Teoh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:14:55 +0800 Ie, imagine using a drivers written for the Solaris in Linux, won't it be cool? About as cool as a fart in a spacesuit. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with unsubscribe kernelnewbies to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RFC: Writing Solaris Device Drivers in Java

2008-03-31 Thread Jacek Luczak
Peter Zijlstra pisze: On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 10:14 +0800, Peter Teoh wrote: Interesting read: http://research.sun.com/techrep/2006/smli_tr-2006-156.pdf Personal comments: Since KVM and Xen/OpenVZ etc other virtual machines are beginning to pop up - I don't see why it inhibits (in spite of

Re: RFC: Writing Solaris Device Drivers in Java

2008-03-31 Thread Willy Tarreau
On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 10:14:55AM +0800, Peter Teoh wrote: Interesting read: http://research.sun.com/techrep/2006/smli_tr-2006-156.pdf Personal comments: Since KVM and Xen/OpenVZ etc other virtual machines are beginning to pop up - I don't see why it inhibits (in spite of the many

Re: RFC: Writing Solaris Device Drivers in Java

2008-03-31 Thread Wander Winkelhorst
On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 11:28 AM, Peter Zijlstra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 10:14 +0800, Peter Teoh wrote: Interesting read: http://research.sun.com/techrep/2006/smli_tr-2006-156.pdf Personal comments: Since KVM and Xen/OpenVZ etc other virtual machines

Re: RFC: Writing Solaris Device Drivers in Java

2008-03-31 Thread Peter Teoh
On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 7:58 PM, Jacek Luczak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Peter Zijlstra pisze: Java? Compete against C? Don't scare embedded devs. The future is always uncertain for us. Embedded development usually emphasizes on performance, unlike those of the desktop. So which language

Re: RFC: Writing Solaris Device Drivers in Java

2008-03-31 Thread Peter Zijlstra
On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 10:14 +0800, Peter Teoh wrote: Interesting read: http://research.sun.com/techrep/2006/smli_tr-2006-156.pdf Personal comments: Since KVM and Xen/OpenVZ etc other virtual machines are beginning to pop up - I don't see why it inhibits (in spite of the many initial