Re: Can we move device drivers into user-space?

From: Greg KH
Date: Fri Feb 24 2012 - 12:18:36 EST


On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 12:06:54PM -0500, Jidong Xiao wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 11:54 AM, Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> As to "Linux isn't a microkernel", even though the debate between
> >> Linux and microkernel have never stopped,
> >
> > Um, who is having such a debate?  We aren't, so I don't think the debate
> > has ever started.
> >
>
> Here is the classic debate between Andrew S. Tanenbaum and Linus Torvalds:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanenbaum%E2%80%93Torvalds_debate

That was 20 years ago, to assume that anyone rational was still having
that debate today is insane.

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