Re: Is traditional unixes kernel really stable ?

[Alfred Perlstein]

* Matthew Dillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [000406 19:24] wrote:
> :Considering the current kernel design approach used by traditional
> :system, what happens if a drive were wrongly coded ?
> :
> :Would the entiry system crash ?
> 
>     Yes.

Yes, but assuming he means driver just about any wrongly coded
driver under any OS has the potential to lock up or crash the
entire system, I'm pretty sure I read that incorrect accesses
to some devices may cause them to wedge system busses, at that
point there's not much one can do besideds panic.

So it's not just unix. :)

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