Re: Is traditional unixes kernel really stable ?

[Gustavo V G C Rios]

Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> 
> * Gustavo V G C Rios <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [000406 19:12] wrote:
> > Considering the current kernel design approach used by traditional
> > system, what happens if a drive were wrongly coded ?
> >
> > Would the entiry system crash ?
> 
> please define "wrongly coded".

Definition: the driver tries to access a memory outside its memory
space.

Worse yet: What about hardware buggy devices?
This could case the entiry system to crash, isn't it ?



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