Re: User context-switching!

To: Leigh Stoller <stoller@fast.cs.utah.edu>
Subject: Re: User context-switching!
From: Johan Rydberg <johan.rydberg@netinsight.se>
Date: Tue, 09 Nov 1999 19:06:35 +0100
CC: Christian Smith <csmith@micromuse.com>, oskit-users@cs.utah.edu
Organization: Net Insight AB
References: <199911091522.HAA12714@golden.ballmoss.com>
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Leigh Stoller wrote:

> However, I kinda get the feeling that the requestor was asking a different
> question. The OSKit is intended to provide building blocks (components and
> libraries) that can be used to implement more complex systems. Providing
> user mode context switching presupposes an actual user mode context, which
> the oskit does not provide in and of itself. Then again, maybe I missed the
> intent of the question.

What I request is a building block that simplifies the creation of a
time-shared
operating system, such as linux, netbsd, mach, ... i.e, "pcb" under
Mach.

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Re: User context-switching!

From: Leigh Stoller <stoller@fast.cs.utah.edu>