[patch #4818] Dynamic memory allocation for Linux Device drivers in glue.

2006-05-10 Thread Gianluca Guida
Follow-up Comment #4, patch #4818 (project hurd): Hey Thomas, thanks for the followup. I'll try to find some time to investigate this, doesn't seem to me such a complicated issue tho. Anyways, I already have a faster substitute code for the bitscanning stuff (which was legacy code). Thanks, Gia

[bug #6034] Active translator of ordinary user can't use stdout and stderr

2006-05-10 Thread Thomas Schwinge
Follow-up Comment #1, bug #6034 (project hurd): stderr should always be available for active translators. At least with an enhanced hello translator (i.e. libtrivfs) it is. All file descriptors are closed in at least two places in libfshelp, see `grep -i std[eo] libfshelp/*'. stderr is manuall

Re: Linus replies. Re: Computer: Can We Make Operating Systems Reliable and Secure?

2006-05-10 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Donnie Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quotes Linus Torvalds thus: > The fundamental result of access space separation is that > you can't share data structures. That means that you can't > share locking, it means that you must copy any shared data, > and that in turn means that you have a much harder t

Re: Linus replies. Re: Computer: Can We Make Operating Systems Reliable and Secure?

2006-05-10 Thread Christopher Browne
Donnie Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > > I am a lurker on this list, but since Tanenbaum got to voice his > opinion, I figured I would forward on the related reply by Linus. > > Link: > http://www.realworldtech.com/forums/index.cfm?action=detail&PostNum=4342&Thread=12&entryID=66630&ro