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Article #33854Re: To Fix or Not To Fix (Really: applying patches to OS)
From: Allan Pratt
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 1988 20:57
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 1988 20:57
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The other point that Gert and others miss when they talk about replacing OS routines is the close coupling WITHIN THE OS between, say, Malloc and the process handler. You can't just rip out Malloc and change it because other parts of the OS depend on it being exactly as it is. That doesn't mean the OS is a monolith; it's not (much). But some crucial data structures pervade the whole thing, and others are tightly coupled among a few modules. Somebody else asked this same question about Pexec, and the answer is the same: it's tightly coupled with other parts of the OS (not just Malloc). ============================================ Opinions expressed above do not necessarily -- Allan Pratt, Atari Corp. reflect those of Atari Corp. or anyone else. ...ames!atari!apratt
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!portal!atari!apratt From: apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: To Fix or Not To Fix (Really: applying patches to OS) Message-ID: <1138@atari.UUCP> Date: 29 Aug 88 20:57:10 GMT References: <635@ihnet.ATT.COM> <383@snjsn1.SJ.ATE.SLB.COM> <1224@netmbx.UUCP> <530@nikhefh.hep.nl> <169@obie.UUCP> Reply-To: apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt) Organization: Atari (US) Corporation, Sunnyvale, California Lines: 14