Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755425AbYCaDNf (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:13:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753343AbYCaDN2 (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:13:28 -0400 Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk ([195.92.253.2]:43229 "EHLO ZenIV.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751610AbYCaDN1 (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:13:27 -0400 Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:13:26 +0100 From: Al Viro To: Bernd Eckenfels Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: RFC: Writing Solaris Device Drivers in Java Message-ID: <20080331031326.GJ9785@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> References: <47F0491F.4050804@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 921 Lines: 18 On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 04:59:00AM +0200, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > 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 :) Don't forget assembler converted to binary by bash(1) and a stunning innovation of . added in front of directory names... [if you want to summon you-know-what, might as well do that properly] -- 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/