* Gustavo V G C Rios <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [000406 20:23] wrote:
> 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.
Some archs (such as i386) allow the OS to set page protections and
io permission bitmaps that effectively can pretect against problems
with drivers touching incorrect IO ranges, however...
>
> Worse yet: What about hardware buggy devices?
> This could case the entiry system to crash, isn't it ?
Yes, incorrectly programmed hardware either by firmware (on
chip/board) or by drivers can cause crashes and hardware damage.
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