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From: forsyth@plan9.cs.york.ac.uk forsyth@plan9.cs.york.ac.uk
Subject: remote device access
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 1995 04:26:36 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <19950428082636.ICKoZbYK7YlEylqqv0EQ_m5PZDNu8W0vm86Q_QkdCms@z> (raw)

>>Yes, I know that.  I should have been more clear: I meant, e.g. if your
>>kernel doesn't have the driver you need (e.g. you just hooked up a
>>CD-ROM to your machine), you can import it from another machine and use
>>it on your machine.  This would differ from importing the binding of the
>>driver, e.g. /dev/cdrom, from another machine, since then you would be
>>using _its_ driver with _its_ CD-ROM, rather than with _your_ CD-ROM.

oh i see.  the machine architectures are often not the same,
so in general a precompiled driver isn't much use off its own machine.






             reply	other threads:[~1995-04-28  8:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1995-04-28  8:26 forsyth [this message]
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1995-04-29  6:54 David
1995-04-29  6:51 David
1995-04-29  6:09 serge
1995-04-28 21:39 serge
1995-04-28 16:04 rob
1995-04-28  6:52 Boyd
1995-04-28  0:18 serge
1995-04-27  8:29 forsyth

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