From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 15 00:43:38 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E524116A4CE for ; Tue, 15 Feb 2005 00:43:38 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp11.wanadoo.fr (smtp11.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AB5443D31 for ; Tue, 15 Feb 2005 00:43:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf1109.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 5C1C11C00094 for ; Tue, 15 Feb 2005 01:43:37 +0100 (CET) Received: from pix.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-111-2-1-3.w81-50.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.50.80.3]) by mwinf1109.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 3C8BF1C00093 for ; Tue, 15 Feb 2005 01:43:37 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20050215004337248.3C8BF1C00093@mwinf1109.wanadoo.fr Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 01:43:37 +0100 From: Anthony Atkielski X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <16113082.20050215014337@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: References: <200502112313.28082.hindrich@worldchat.com> <823196404.20050212105644@wanadoo.fr> <420DE422.3020102@wanadoo.es> <1546398643.20050212123202@wanadoo.fr> <420E0164.7090300@wanadoo.es> <1587470376.20050215001857@wanadoo.fr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Freebsd vs. linux X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 00:43:39 -0000 Eric Kjeldergaard writes: > Well, no that's not entirely true...First off, there's the claim by > Windows itself that it's not drivers. The OS itself never identifies problems as being within the drivers. Driver code is assimilated with the kernel while it is running. > You've read the code (as you say) and know that Windows wouldn't > possibly lie about the fact that it's not the drivers. Sure it would. Most error messages are generic; few programmers are conscientious enough to put in extremely detailed and specific error messages. And in some cases the OS doesn't really know what happened, especially for faults in the kernel (or the drivers, which are assimilated with the kernel, as I've said). > And then there's the thing where since one is including drivers along > with an operating system, they are part of the operating system even > if they were written by a third party. They are not part of the operating system. -- Anthony