Re: Rep:Re: Rep:Re: Rep:Re: [f-cpu] TLB resume

[Ben Franchuk <bfranchuk@jetnet.ab.ca>]

Michael Riepe wrote:
*>Kernel does not have it's own ASI. It is in the memory space in
*>every process.

  >That depends on the OS.

  >*Because* the kernel ist trusted, it is one of the main targets for
  >attacks. If you manage to hack the kernel, you can do everything
  >(compare root kits and `trojan' kernel modules). Therefore, the kernel
  >needs *more* protection than a (user) process with root privileges,
  >not less.
  >

Has anybody checked if the F-CPU is a nice cpu for real-time or
micro-kernel OS's like Hurd?

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