linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19

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Date:	Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:57:01 +0100 (MET)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
To:	Hans-Jürgen Koch <hjk@...utronix.de>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19

On Dec 14 2006 18:17, Hans-Jürgen Koch wrote:
>> 
>> They use floating point in (Windows) kernelspace? Oh my.
>
>To be honest, I never really understood where kernel space starts and user space
>ends in Windows, so I'm not sure about this :-)

Well, in Windows 95/98 you could do inportb (inb) and friends from "userspace"
without an extra kernel driver. Maybe it just always ran in kernelspace,
explains why many say 95/98 was less stable than the NT-based versions.

	-`J'
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