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Date:	Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:31:13 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Jidong Xiao <jidong.xiao@...il.com>
Cc:	Kernel development list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Can we move device drivers into user-space?

On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 12:21:27PM -0500, Jidong Xiao wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 12:06:54PM -0500, Jidong Xiao wrote:
> >> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 11:54 AM, Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> >> >> As to "Linux isn't a microkernel", even though the debate between
> >> >> Linux and microkernel have never stopped,
> >> >
> >> > Um, who is having such a debate?  We aren't, so I don't think the debate
> >> > has ever started.
> >> >
> >>
> >> Here is the classic debate between Andrew S. Tanenbaum and Linus Torvalds:
> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanenbaum%E2%80%93Torvalds_debate
> >
> > That was 20 years ago, to assume that anyone rational was still having
> > that debate today is insane.
> >
> 
> You probably missed the second paragraph.

You assume incorrectly.
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