On Fri, Nov 23, 2001 at 12:02:35AM -0500, John Tobey wrote:
> There sure are a lot of #ifdef i386 sections in dev_lookup.c and
> ds_routines.c, and they don't seem to have anything to do with the
> i386 architecture. They seem to select whether devices use the
> dispatch table defined in i386/i38
On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 01:51:12PM -0500, Roland McGrath wrote:
> There is no meaningful sense in which ext2fs.static can "call device_map on
> a null pointer". device_map is an RPC. The only way a user task "calls"
> the kernel function is by sending an RPC. The RPC should never have gotten
>
There is no meaningful sense in which ext2fs.static can "call device_map on
a null pointer". device_map is an RPC. The only way a user task "calls"
the kernel function is by sending an RPC. The RPC should never have gotten
there without a valid receiver port, so I don't see how it's possible.
On Sun, Nov 18, 2001 at 09:25:56PM -0500, Roland McGrath wrote:
> Well, frankly I think you're nuts. But more power to you.
> For your stated goals and constraints, I would just go with plex86.
> But if you really get this approach to work usably, it could be interesting.
Now I don't know if the
