En réponse à Michael Phipps <mphipps1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > > >I am listening to the audio from the Linux symposium in Ottawa this > year. The > >module presentation is quite interesting because, to me, it shows how > much > >better OpenBeOS should be able to do this, especially with its concepts > of > >bus managers and userland add-ons. [Caveat: I was not at the > conference, so > >I cannot know what transpired in the after talk chats.] At one point > Rusty > >Russell(?) suggests that Linux get rid of modules all-together. That > >astounded me because under Linux: > > I think that he might have been smoking some of RMS' drugs. ;-) > > [snip] > > >Anyhow, my questions to the OpenBeOS community are: > > > >Does anyone else here card about these issues? > > Yes, we do. The main reason that you don't see them discussed here is > that > they are already decided for R1. In the name of compatability and of > having > a spec "out of the gate". Right, wrong or otherwise, that was my call. > > >Is the BeOS 5.0.3 implementation of addons good enough for OpenBeOS R1? > > > Sure. Addons, as a whole, I think, are excellent. I don't remember > anyone having > *any* complaints about addons or modules in terms of how they work. > Actually, an load_addon_etc() with B_REUSE_ADDON flag would be nice. That is, maintain a ref count, just like kernel modules. > >Doesn't everybody here want a kernel that blows Linux out of the water > > >(excluding drivers which must come from 3rd parties)? > > Of course. And we will/do. Our kernel as it stands today is not feature > complete, but > it is already much better about SMP, IMHO, than Linux 2.4. It is much > smaller and very > fast. Of course, that is without some of the features that we will need > (terminals come to > mind). And remember, too, that Linux is "other-optimized" - it is > designed and built to > be a server. That is a different goal than ours - we intend to be a > desktop OS. That means > things like we will "waste" more CPU cycles task switching more > frequently, but will be > more responsive. We will have less focus on some of the more batch > oriented directions > and more on the light weight interactive. As with all design, there are > tradeoffs. > > >P.S. I seem to have misplace the URL for the audio, but I can forward > the > >few ogg files that I downloaded to anyone who needs them. Don't > bother > > I would like them. > > > >