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From: HBO043%DJUKFA11.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Christoph van Wuellen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: disk controllers
Message-ID: <34956@nigel.ee.udel.edu>
Date: 30 Oct 90 12:06:23 GMT
Sender: mmdf@ee.udel.edu
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How can the kernel read drive parameters from a disk file before the drivers
get initialized.

So you must at least make the kernel so intelligent to read the root disk.

P.S. The kernel knows nothing about file system structure and has to call FS
for that, blocked waiting. FS will call a driver... is this
deadlock-proof?

I still prefer to control everything through the minor device numbers.

C.v.W.