Re: kill -9 <pid of X>

Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
12 Aug 1998 08:17:33 GMT

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In article <Pine.HPP.3.91.980811191848.22974D-100000@gaia.ecs.csus.edu>,
Jon M. Taylor <taylorj@ecs.csus.edu> wrote:
>
> Can't be done. The card would have to be able to recover no
>matter where is is when it crashes, and that is impossible. X simply
>cannot crash during a critical section. Ever. It also cannot be
>interrupted by anything during a critical section. Ever. See my other
>post in this thread for more info.

And see my post in the same thread on why you're wrong. Your
"impossible" isn't.

Linus

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