RE: Is traditional unixes kernel really stable ?

[Yevmenkin, Maksim N, CSCIO]

[...]

> > > 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.
> > 
> 

[...]

> This design, would not let a system crash due to device 
> drivers problems
> or even bad hardware desgin.
> 
> What all you think about that ?

only one :-) performance :-) context switch is a slow operation.

Thanks,
emax


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