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Re: processes vs threads (MMU protection)
- From: "Gary D. Thomas" <gary dot thomas at mind dot be>
- To: Armando Visconti <armando dot visconti at st dot com>
- Cc: eCos Discussion <ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: 21 Jul 2003 06:05:36 -0600
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] processes vs threads (MMU protection)
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- References: <3F1BBA8A.985D2D83@st.com>
On Mon, 2003-07-21 at 04:03, Armando Visconti wrote:
> I would like to ask to the mantainers why the work
> done by 3G lab on 'memory protection' has not
> been included in eCos v2.0.
>
> Is not stable enough?
> Don't you think it would be great for a MMU
> based system to get benefit from a memory
> protected OS ?
> Any plan in this direction?
>
IIRC the problem is that the code from 3G Lab is very ARM/StrongARM
specific and does not map well onto other hardware.
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Gary D. Thomas <gary.thomas@mind.be>
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