[asveikau]

> Have you ever done any Windows NT kernel driver development? Compared to OS X (xnu) kexts or Linux, it's a disaster.

I have done NT drivers and linux kernel modules. I disagree with your statement. Can you be more specific?

I'm not saying there are no warts in NT, but your comment doesn't demonstrate any knowledge of where they are.

[monopolemagnet]

What kind of NT drivers (USB, Storage, what)? What kind of Linux kernel modules?

I've worked on storage drivers for Linux (2.6), Mac (10.6+ - 10.8) and Windows.

What like Nt vs Zw? Are you fucking serious? Do I need a badge and certification from you too, your majesty? You haven't proven you've done shit either, but it doesn't matter.

You don't have experience with xnu kexts (which make much more sense, at least more so than the Linux model), so I don't see how you can claim, broad pseudo-expert "opinion" on something you know nothing about.

Regardless, these three approaches are still irrelevant because they're critically flawed: granting transfinite trust to the kernel driver developer to not fuck up. A real microkernel model, only a process would likely crash. QNX runs on billions of devices, including now BlackBerry 10 since they acquired it: game, set, match.

That's the boat you've missed trying to go off into the weeds and make it a personal attack, because you have nothing.

[asveikau]

Calm down. I'm not asking for a badge of certification whatever whatever. I just don't understand what the complaint is and therefore cannot evaluate it.

[Since you asked, the biggest complaint in my filesystem-centric Windows experience is that filesystem drivers are very "heavy". There is not really a layer like Linux VFS which can handle common bug-prone tasks before they get to your driver. The driver is expected to do a lot. But I don't think drivers are easy on any platform.]