Re: Supervisor mode & multitasking

["Petr Stehlik" <pstehlik@zln.cz>]

>>Why the hell a desktop needs to switch my operating system into single
>>tasking mode?
>compatibility reason. I 100% agree with konrad.


>>It sounds like MiNT goes to MagiC. What are the advantages of starting a
>>program in single mode? Everyone can reboot to SingleTOS if he/she needs a
>>single mode...

>However If magic has an interesting option, why not have it too? Where
>is the problem in having an inteesting option? which of course YOU
>might not need, but others might.

The problem is that a generally available system call for switching system
to single mode might be (and sure will) misused very often (for example
Thing - widely spread program, probably most used desktop - and it will turn
MiNT into singleTOS?).

I can imagine many others, new programs will start appearing and will stop
MiNT from executing other tasks. Surely BadMood, probably EmuXL  etc etc.
And then, suddenly someone writes an "interface" for running all sorts of
programs in singletasking under MiNT. At the end you will not be able to
e.g. compile, render or listen to music in background, because nearly every
program in foreground (including your favourite desktop) will stop the task
switching.

I am afraid this is not the right way for MiNT.

Petr