Re: [MiNT] Invalid S?_MAGIC

[Jo Even Skarstein <joska@online.no>]

On Sat, 2011-10-15 at 14:47 +0200, Helmut Karlowski wrote:
> Am 15.10.2011, 14:25 Uhr, schrieb Jo Even Skarstein <joska@online.no>:
> 
> > Maybe the solution is to implement the AV-server in XaAES itself.
> 
> Accidentally I had this idea too, and taskbar could run without desktop.
> 
> How much work would it need?

A lot, because while some actions would be easy to implement (like
AV_STARTPROG which just starts a program), other actions depends on
functionality not present in the AES, like copying files. So in addition
to the AV protocol, XaAES would need a set of applications to do the
stuff that doesn't fit in the AES.

It would be a nice feature though, as it would allow developers to
easily create substitutes for these "helpers". And creating desktops
would be easy too - they would simply be file browsers that hands the
actual work to the AES itself ;)

Another solution would be to not implement the AV-server in XaAES
itself, but to add some functionality in the kernel to let user programs
inquire the ownership of a particular piece of memory. Then write a
separate AV-server that use this feature (or update an existing
desktop).

Jo Even