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From: "rob pike" <rob@plan9.bell-labs.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Crazy idea... or a new project?
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 14:05:46 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20001124190548.3A130199EE@mail.cse.psu.edu> (raw)

> Another way could be to be able to link the kernel
> with device drivers before loading it, and keep
> the kernel just with devices used. I think that
> could be done by making each driver provide a
> (user) program to check if the device is there,
> and linking a second kernel depending on what's
> there. 

You don't have a user program running when you're trying
to boot the kernel.

-rob



             reply	other threads:[~2000-11-24 19:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-11-24 19:05 rob pike [this message]
2000-11-24 21:06 ` Francisco J Ballesteros
2000-11-24 21:28   ` Boyd Roberts
2000-11-24 23:37     ` Francisco J Ballesteros
2000-11-24 23:40       ` Boyd Roberts
2000-11-25  1:57         ` Francisco J Ballesteros
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2000-11-27  2:36 okamoto
2000-11-27  6:16 ` Boyd Roberts
2000-11-27  8:21   ` Andy Newman
2000-11-24 23:47 rob pike
2000-11-24 23:52 ` Boyd Roberts
2000-11-25 18:52 ` Fariborz 'Skip' Tavakkolian
2000-11-24 22:40 presotto
2000-11-24 22:16 rob pike
2000-11-24  8:37 nemo
     [not found] <rob@plan9.bell-labs.com>
2000-11-24  0:41 ` rob pike
2000-11-24  0:48   ` Boyd Roberts
2000-11-24 22:13   ` Scott Schwartz
2000-11-24 22:24     ` Boyd Roberts
2000-11-24  0:05 Russ Cox
2000-11-24  0:08 ` Boyd Roberts
2000-11-23 13:25 Andrew Zubinski
2000-11-23 22:51 ` Richard
2000-11-23 22:55 ` Boyd Roberts

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