On 11-Nov-02, Matt Sealey wrote:

> Drivers run in kernel space. 

They don't in QNX.


> Write a buggy driver, crash the OS. Write
> a kernel process in the Linux kernel (perhaps you could hack the
> packet filter..) and BOOM-BANG-A-BANG. Kernel panic. What happens if
> the swap disk is corrupted at the point you're supposed to be reading
> from? BANG! Kernel panic, bluescreen, and so on ;)
> 
> Windows no better or worse than any other OS.

Many or most Amiga drivers are not in the kernel either, but as there is
a single address space, it doesn't help.

 
Regards
-- 
Don Cox
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