[Fwd: Linux]

Troy Muller (tmuller@agora.rdrop.com)
Sat, 19 Apr 1997 00:45:48 -0700


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This may be a bit off topic, but I am wonder if it actually does support
all that he has listed.

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Thanks, Troy Muller

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Xref: serval.net.wsu.edu comp.databases.informix:40724 Path: serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews1.nwnet.net!netnews.nwnet.net!ns1.autonet.net!aanews.merit.net!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!newsxfer3.itd.umich.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!mindspring!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!not-for-mail From: johnl@informix.com (Jonathan Leffler) Newsgroups: comp.databases.informix Subject: Linux Date: 18 Apr 1997 15:53:17 -0400 Organization: Mailing List Gateway Sender: walt@mathcs.emory.edu Distribution: world Message-ID: <5j8jfd$cbn@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu> Reply-To: johnl@informix.com (Jonathan Leffler) NNTP-Posting-Host: cssun.mathcs.emory.edu X-Informix-List-ID: <list.14087>

I've been discussing whether Linux (or BSDI, or other shareware Unix-like o/s) can be made a part of Informix' porting strategy.

At the moment, it appears that the answer is 'no' because Linux does not support features which Informix-OnLine needs. I don't have the precise details of what these absent features are, but candidates are:

* System V IPC (shared memory) * System V IPC (semaphores) * System V TLI (transport layer interface) * System V Streams (for olipcstr connectivity)

Does anyone who is sufficicently familiar with Linux know whether these features are available or not? I suspect that these are not the missing features, so if you volunteer an answer, can you also indicate whether I can tax you with other feature issues.

Yours, Jonathan Leffler (johnl@informix.com) #include <disclaimer.h>

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