Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754886AbYCaC7P (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:59:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753017AbYCaC7F (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:59:05 -0400 Received: from quechua.inka.de ([193.197.184.2]:37848 "EHLO mail.inka.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752813AbYCaC7E (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:59:04 -0400 From: Bernd Eckenfels To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: RFC: Writing Solaris Device Drivers in Java Organization: Private Site running Debian GNU/Linux In-Reply-To: <47F0491F.4050804@gmail.com> X-Newsgroups: ka.lists.linux.kernel User-Agent: tin/1.7.8-20050315 ("Scalpay") (UNIX) (Linux/2.6.13.4 (i686)) Message-Id: Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:59:00 +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 661 Lines: 15 In article <47F0491F.4050804@gmail.com> you wrote: > (Windows/MacOS/Linux/BSD etc). Ie, imagine using a drivers written for > the Solaris in Linux, won't it be cool? I think the device driver reuse between the various C-kernels is pretty big. For efficiency and since the low level stuff is a major part of device drivers, I cant see a Java solution. I guess we would see drivers in Forth before :) Gruss Bernd -- 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/