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.
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