Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 01:19:25 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Beattie <beattie@aracnet.com> To: Assar Westerlund <assar@sics.se> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Robert Watson <robert+freebsd@cyrus.watson.org>, fs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: UDF, userfs Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10001230117530.4117-100000@shell1.aracnet.com> In-Reply-To: <5liu0l1ay3.fsf@assaris.sics.se>
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On 23 Jan 2000, Assar Westerlund wrote: > Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> writes: > > Hmm. A kld runs in kernel context, not user context. Sure, it's > > easier to load than rebuilding a kernel, and I believe klds are the > > correct approach to added kernel functionality, but it doesn't offer > > one of the prime advantages of userland development: if your program > > crashes, your program crashes, not the system. If you're developing a > > kld, a bug can crash the system. > > Yes, but both the Coda and the Arla kld are very simple and all the I would disagree that they are very simple. > real work (and thus, the devlopment) takes part in the user space > daemon. The kld is mostly there as a way of communicating with the > kernel. > > /assar > Brian Beattie | The only problem with beattie@aracnet.com | winning the rat race ... www.aracnet.com/~beattie | in the end you're still a rat To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-fs" in the body of the message
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