Re: Per-Processor Data Page

Horst von Brand (vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl)
Fri, 10 Dec 1999 08:28:38 -0300


Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> said:

[...]

> Linux simply does not support real compartmentation and probably never
> will. It only makes sense on mainframes anyways, in the PC age you
> simply buy another box and separate them with a 10 cm gap of air (patent
> pending) security border. Complicating the OS is simply not worth it.

Why are you limiting yourself to PCs?

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