linux-kernel - Re: RFC: Writing Solaris Device Drivers in Java

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Date:	Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:59:00 +0200
From:	Bernd Eckenfels <ecki@...a.inka.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: RFC:   Writing Solaris Device Drivers in Java

In article <47F0491F.4050804@...il.com> you wrote:
> (Windows/MacOS/Linux/BSD etc).   Ie, imagine using a drivers written for 
> the Solaris in Linux, won't it be cool?

I think the device driver reuse between the various C-kernels is pretty big.
For efficiency and since the low level stuff is a major part of device
drivers, I cant see a Java solution. I guess we would see drivers in Forth before :)

Gruss
Bernd
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