On Fri, 9 Jun 2000, James Sutherland wrote:
>
> In theory, this is a good thing; in practice, it doesn't gain you very
> much. If my network server's NIC driver collapses, and it's running in
> usermode, then the server could continue serving files - except... it
> doesn't have anywhere to send them! It's effectively dead anyway.
>
> Similarly storage drivers, I/O drivers, etc. OK, there are a few
> "expendable" drivers, where I can continue without them - sound, video,
> mouse, perhaps. However, if this is a desktop/workstation, I need to
> reboot anyway; if it's a server, what does it have a sound card or mouse
Not sure. Restarting the failed driver is enough. And that restart can be
done automatically.
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