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Subject: Re: [9fans] pc boot and ether drivers
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 18:09:49 -0800
From: geoff@collyer.net
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The internals of the bootstraps are different from the internals of
the kernels (which differ from each other).  For example, the kernels
have machinery such as kernel processes available to drivers.  Some of
these differences could be papered over with #defines and
compatibility functions.  On the other hand, the bootstrap drivers
don't have to be very sophisticated.

I'd love to have just one set of drivers, but there doesn't seem to be
much interest-and-energy available to reconcile the kernels with each
other and the bootstraps.