OT: How does Linux work?

Thomas Pornin (pornin@bolet.ens.fr)
Mon, 7 Jun 1999 18:41:27 +0200

In article <Pine.LNX.4.04.9906071122230.26805-100000@urn.su.nottingham.ac.uk>
you write:
> As an aside, one of the reasons why NT 4 is less stable than NT 3 is
> because the video drivers are not run in user space and more. Surely
> the integration of the fb into the i386 versions of Linux will cause
> similar problems? Or have I missed something?

Actually, two possible answers:

-- Linux coders are not comparable to the monkeys working in Redmond.
Their code does not fail.

-- In NT 4, not only are the video drivers in kernel space, but so is
the windowing system. There is no plan to integrate the X11 server
in the kernel, so nothing to worry about for the moment.

--Thomas Pornin, who sees X11 servers die more often than kernels.

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