Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757969Ab2BXRKy (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:10:54 -0500 Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk ([195.92.253.2]:35326 "EHLO ZenIV.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757912Ab2BXRKx (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:10:53 -0500 Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:10:50 +0000 From: Al Viro To: Greg KH Cc: Jidong Xiao , Kernel development list Subject: Re: Can we move device drivers into user-space? Message-ID: <20120224171050.GY23916@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> References: <20120224153811.GA16535@kroah.com> <20120224165448.GA8751@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120224165448.GA8751@kroah.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 799 Lines: 20 On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 08:54:48AM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > As to "Linux isn't a microkernel", even though the debate between > > Linux and microkernel have never stopped, > > Um, who is having such a debate? We aren't, so I don't think the debate > has ever started. > > > it's hard to deny the fact that Linux is slowly slowly moving towards > > a microkernel structure: LKM, fuse, uio, etc. > > "LKM", what do you mean by that? At a guess, modules. As to WTF would those possibly have to do with microkernels, your guess is as good as mine... -- 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/