On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 08:48:54 -0400 (EDT) "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday [ at ] crashcourse [ dot ] ca> wrote: > > that is, > > http://web.yl.is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~tosh/kml/ > > anyone have experience with it? opinions on whether it has any > obvious value? compelling arguments for use? > > rday > No experience in Linux with kernel mode but with other systems. Short answer: DON'T!!! The purpose of kernel mode is to protect your system from bugs and malware in applications. Windows runs in its kernel mode and you see the amount of malware they have. Even the world's best programmer has bugs and running applications in kernel mode is an invitation to disaster. There is also another trend, micro-kernels. In them, even the hardware drivers are removed from kernel mode and run in their own, protected space. This is because many systems crashes are the result of bugs in the drivers, not the kernel. -- Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth, Shawn Why fit in when you can stand out? Dr. Seuss Programming is as much about organization and communication as it is about coding. _Perl links_ official site : http://www.perl.org/ beginners' help : http://learn.perl.org/faq/beginners.html advance help : http://perlmonks.org/ documentation : http://perldoc.perl.org/ news : http://perlsphere.net/ repository : http://www.cpan.org/ blog : http://blogs.perl.org/ regional groups : http://www.pm.org/