Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 11:26:14 +0930 (CST) From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: Gustavo V G C Rios <kernel@tdnet.com.br> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Is traditional unixes kernel really stable ? Message-ID: <XFMail.000407112614.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <38ED128C.22C3AA28@tdnet.com.br>
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On 06-Apr-00 Gustavo V G C Rios wrote:
> Considering the current kernel design approach used by traditional
> system, what happens if a drive were wrongly coded ?
^-- I assume you mean 'driver'
> Would the entiry system crash ?
It depends on the bug, sometimes you'll just spin forever, or end up keeping
processes stuck in your driver etc.. Othertimes the system will panic (ie try to
reference memory you shouldn't etc..)
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Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer
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