Re: GNUstep Projects and Cambridge

[Vasileios Anagnostopoulos]

On 6/25/2013 12:28 PM, David Chisnall wrote:
> On 25 Jun 2013, at 09:50, "Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller" <hns@goldelico.com> wrote:
>
> > I find this interesting from a theoretical / structureal point of view, but why 
> > do you want to run any code in the kernel space?
> Because we can :-)
Isn't this experiment already done in IOKit with C++?
> > Do you expect a performance benefit or more security (I would expect less)?
> Things interacting with the kernel subsystems directly would be faster than if 
> they needed round trips to userspace.  Things written in higher-level languages 
> should (in theory) be more reliable.  It's about finding additional places on 
> the spectrum between performance and reliability.
>
> > Or would any kernel component become easier to develop or test?
I would expect a great reduction in LOCs.
> We'll find out.  It's not research if you know all of the answers up-front...
For me it would make much more sense to go with XNU and convert the 
IOKit to Objective C too.
> David
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> -- Sent from my brain
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