Re: STREAMS: interface versus implementation

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Fri, 18 Sep 1998 18:53:38 +0100 (BST)

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> into 2.0. LiS then builds as a loadable module, exporting
> STREAMS DDI entry points. 2.0.36 may include the necessary patches
> (dunno - haven't looked, but I understand it at least includes the
> {get,put}pmsg syscall entries).

.36 pre has a long syscall table so the space exists for the slots,
and exports some internal select() functions needed to do poll(). So its
actual impact on the "normal" linux kernel is close to zilch

Alan

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