Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270554AbTGSW1a (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Jul 2003 18:27:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270555AbTGSW1a (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Jul 2003 18:27:30 -0400 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([65.200.24.183]:28628 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270554AbTGSW13 (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Jul 2003 18:27:29 -0400 Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 15:42:20 -0700 From: Greg KH To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Ga=EBl?= Le Mignot Cc: Larry McVoy , Christian Reichert , John Bradford , lkml@lrsehosting.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, lm@bitmover.com, rms@gnu.org, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu Subject: Re: [OT] HURD vs Linux/HURD Message-ID: <20030719224220.GA1950@kroah.com> References: <200307191503.h6JF3tac002376@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> <1058626962.30424.6.camel@stargate> <20030719172311.GA23246@work.bitmover.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 827 Lines: 19 On Sat, Jul 19, 2003 at 07:46:54PM +0200, Ga?l Le Mignot wrote: > > Drivers and networking account for about 50% of the total lines of code. > > The bulk of the work in any operating system is typically drivers. The > > generic part of Linux (non-driver, non-file system) is tiny compared to > > the rest. > > Maybe for you, an OS is drivers. For me, it's a design, an > architecture, a philosophy, and a way to defend a value that is not > important for you: Freedom. Heh, let's see how well your OS works in the real world without those drivers :) greg k-h - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/