> What do the interrupt vector tables look like for for
> the various hardware=3F Is there documentation for these=3F
>
> Out of curiosity, one of my (opinions) thoughts, was that
> *NO* drivers should be seriously embedded into the kernel.
> Are the IDE, CD-ROM....etc drivers generic modules that can
> be dropped from the kernel, by the user, once a better driver comes
> along,
> or will that require a complete recompile of the OS=3F
Yes, this is definitely what I would suggest, as well. For instance,
why are SCSI and IDE in the kernel=3F Since the bootloader can obviously
read the kernel, it can surely read a few more files as well, and point
the kernel to where they are in memory.
-Nathan
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