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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: [9fans] SATA controller found by kernel but not 9load
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:33:47 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <f65a19e3ab019fd3c977b5d2db1b0e02@quanstro.net> (raw)

> How straight-forward is it to move the kernel version of the driver
> into 9load? I don't suppose anyone's already looked at that for this
> device?

i missed this question earlier.  sometimes it's straightforward.  but
generally it's difficult.  there are two reasons for this.  first, 9load
doesn't have any procs, tasks or any other multiprogramming constructs.
so sleep and wakeup are out the window.  the other reason is that
the problem of writing a boot-loading driver is conceptually different
than writing a kernel driver.  performance just isn't an issue.  getting
the job done with as few resources as possible is the goal.

- erik


             reply	other threads:[~2007-11-21  1:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-11-21  1:33 erik quanstrom [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2007-11-20  3:35 Anthony Sorace
2007-11-20 10:20 ` Gorka Guardiola
2007-11-20 14:24   ` Anthony Sorace
2007-11-20 14:34     ` erik quanstrom
2007-11-21  1:13       ` Anthony Sorace
2007-11-21  1:20         ` erik quanstrom
2007-11-21  2:41           ` Anthony Sorace
2007-11-21  3:03             ` erik quanstrom
2007-11-21 13:26             ` erik quanstrom
2007-11-22  4:30               ` Anthony Sorace
2007-11-22 12:33                 ` erik quanstrom
2007-11-22 13:03                   ` erik quanstrom
2007-11-27  4:09               ` Anthony Sorace

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