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SubjectRe: User vs. Kernel (was: To be smug, or not to be smug, that is , the question)

the defects you think Linux has either turn out to be already implemented
in Linux 2.2 [time to read the source?], or are red herrings:

On Fri, 22 Jan 1999, Jon M. Taylor wrote:

> * Lack of generalized message passing

(RT-signals in Linux, a feature of Linux 2.2)

> * Lack of a decent privilege/capability model

(i guess you missed include/linux/capability.h, a feature of 2.2. Not
completely finished, but the main mechanizm is in there.)

> * Blocking I/O

(whats your problem with that?)

> * Interruptible system calls

(what is your point here)

> * Process-based instead of interrupt-based

(could you explain?)

-- mingo


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