Re: [coLinux-devel] Upgraded packages crashing system.

[Ian L. <Ian...@mq...>]

Hello Robert,

> I admit that if these devices were compiled out of the kernel then it
> would be more stable but would it ever be possible to not run the linux
> kernel in ring-0?
> I realise that a windows driver running in ring-0 will always be necessary
> but it would be nice if the linux kernel (or any loaded kernel module) did
> not have access to the entire memory space of the machine.

I think that if you want to move further out from the core, then you'll
be looking at an alternative project, such as Bochs;
http://bochs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/topper.pl?
name=Bochs+FAQ&url=http://bochs.sourceforge.net/doc/docbook/user/faq.html



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