mpe

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   by mpe 2y ago

   This post is BS. You should delete it.
2. 2.▲
   by mpe 9y ago

   Zones are not VMs. If you need to vent your Linux hate at least save it for a post about Docker.
3. 3.▲
   by mpe 9y ago

   Depending on the bug class there may be users who never want "kill" to be the default option.
4. 4.▲
   by mpe 9y ago

   That had basically nothing to do with the architecture . The key reason was likely the diverging requirements between laptop (Apple) and server (IBM) chips.
5. 5.▲
   by mpe 9y ago

   That's a warning (~= assert()), not a segfault.
6. 6.▲
   by mpe 9y ago

   Yeah I agree. It would be great if parts of the kernel could be written in a safer language. I think in 10 years that will be happening in at least some widely used OS, but most likely one that only supports a small range of architectures.
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   by mpe 10y ago

   At least with GNU as you can use %r1, %r2 etc. as an "intrinsic part of the syntax". Which means you can't use a register name where an immediate is expected. However that doesn't fix the gotcha with r0 being special, th