"Tao Chen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Solaris is no monolithic OS.
> >
> > It starts with a small init/loader that pulls in modules on demand.
> >
> > The modules however do all run in the same HW context.
> >
> > This is different in multi-context OS.
> >
>
> Does "HW context" here mean "address space" ?
An address space that is granted by the MMU.
If you have no MMU, there is no problem to see other address spaces
from your own. With MMU, you need to mmap or find other methods for
message passing.
Jörg
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