Re: STREAMS user-space stuff
Roger Espel Llima (espel@llaic.u-clermont1.fr)
Thu, 17 Sep 1998 11:57:09 +0200
On Thu, Sep 17, 1998 at 09:55:11AM +0100, Mike Jagdis wrote:
> However the correct return for an fd that is not a STREAM head
> is ENOSTR. It is possible to not implement STREAMS at all and
> remain compliant.
>
> Incidentally this thread seems to be getting somewhat confused.
> Are we talking about supporting the high level APIs that arose
> out of STREAMS such as TLI/XTI or are we talking about the low
> level STREAMS message interface which are generally only partially
> documented in the kernel level manuals for SYSV derived systems?
as far as I understand, we're talking about #1, and a user-space
simulation of the user-space-visible bits of #2.
from the discussion so far, it sounds like it would belong on a
specialized shared lib, perhaps with some minimal kernel help.
--
Roger Espel Llima, espel@llaic.u-clermont1.fr
http://www.eleves.ens.fr:8080/home/espel/index.html
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