[openbeos] Re: Kernel status (POSIX)


So, essentially everyone came back to what I said originally.
"Keep posix out of the kernel and make it a library instead."

I drew *a-lot* of flak for that. Especially from linux/eunucs people.
Oh, well.....sticks and stones I guess....
I've been designing it as a library anyway, SO THERE! NYA!  =}
Told ya so! Told ya so!.......
I just want the kernel and file system specs so I can get things 
underway.
Someone wake me up when it's my turn to work, will ya.

Peter

PS. (to purists) Yeah, it's a windows email message. Your point is....?

> 
> In regard to kernel design, I would propose that we adopt an MS-Mach 
> (multiserver, not Microsoft) like approach, albeit with kernel space 
> "servers" as kernel addons. Thus, we could have an fs module that 
> handles file desrciptors, etc, a posix module, etc., etc., etc. This 
> would accomplish two things:
> 
> 1. Prevent forking the NewOS kernel. Travis has said that he opposes 
> the intodruction of posix to his kernel. So we don't, we add it as a 
> kernel module.
> 
> 2. It vastly increases the future flexibility of the kernel.
> -Nathan
>

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