* [9fans] spreading the word
@ 2009-02-23 23:39 Akshat Kumar
2009-02-23 23:46 ` erik quanstrom
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From: Akshat Kumar @ 2009-02-23 23:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
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No discussion involving Einstein and Ken should have spelling mistakes
in the topic.
It complicates the understanding
ak
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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@coraid.com>
To: me@acm.jhu.edu, 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] spreding the word
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:20:45 -0500
Message-ID: <9ad6c896cc1ad905714b3c2255a1dbf4@coraid.com>
On Mon Feb 23 17:02:29 EST 2009, me@acm.jhu.edu wrote:
> >if you're after the historical progression of how the
> >structure of the kernel evolved, the file server kernel
> >is much more interesting.
>
> Any bits in particular? Any reason why?
port/proc.c is very interesting, as are pc/lock.c
and pc/trap.c.
they are all very interesting as they illustrate
the same concepts the pc kernel deals with, but
they are substatially simplier. i fear i've complicated
things a bit. hardware is more complicated these
days.
naturally, the fs kernel is less capable. it lacks
dynamic memory, for example. but the beauty
is that it doesn't need those things. i think it's
an interesting study in tradeoffs.
einstein said "make everything as simple as
possible, but not simpler". i think ken's take
is that if it's not simple enough, you're solving
the wrong problem.
- erik
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* Re: [9fans] spreading the word
2009-02-23 23:39 [9fans] spreading the word Akshat Kumar
@ 2009-02-23 23:46 ` erik quanstrom
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From: erik quanstrom @ 2009-02-23 23:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: akumar, 9fans
> No discussion involving Einstein and Ken should have spelling mistakes
> in the topic.
>
> It complicates the understanding
as does changing the Subject: .
there are always tradeoffs.
- erik
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