Re: Syscall (was: Re: [MiNT] DATE/TIME cookies)

[Konrad Kokoszkiewicz <draco@mi.com.pl>]

> |> Maybe I am missing something, but this made me think that the Motorolas
> |> concept of a separate user and supervisor stack is a bit silly.
> 
> This is ridiculous.  Any sane OS has a separate stack for kernel
> operation.  Just because MiNT is ill-designed doesn't make this silly.

Maybe it is (ridiculous), but as I am thinking about it, designing a
multitasking OS would be easier, if user stack space could be used for
kernel requirements. Though it would be a memory waste without any doubt.

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Konrad M.Kokoszkiewicz
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