Re: A question

[Larry Howard Mittman]

Alan Cox wrote:
> hybrid crossing between the V7 and the linux method.
Like allocating a
> relatively small struct, but then make it an option to grow the struct
by
> making a linked list of these structs. Given the low computative
power of
The struct size is fixed - I dont follow you
If I understand him correctly, the idea is to make the struct one node
of a Btree -like construct.
IE: (struct-of 2-or3-processes)(link to next struct)
That way, with a minimal amount of processes (2,3,4, or 5) you would
have one struct, just as you
described. But, if you try to have more, the struct chain grows by
another struct (2,3,4,or 5), etc...
If you are crazy enough to have MANY processes, the chain would grow
accordingly and so would
the time necessary to traverse it. But with a small amount, (small
being relative to personal taste), the
response would be acceptable.
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ELKS and TCP/IP

[Larry Howard Mittman]

Is the TCP/IP project totally dead, or is someone still working on it?
I have an ATT PC6300 just waiting for me to install ELKS on it, but
without a TCP/IP stack, it is of limited use to me. I **really**
want to put it back into service!! Thanks - Larry
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Re: Lots of questions from someone.

[Larry Howard Mittman]

Greg Haerr wrote:


 I have spent considerable effort trying to make sure that the Microwindows
 system will run on 16 bit systems, and it should continue to do so,
 although currently the application must be bound with the server
 since we lack UNIX sockets.  This limits the application size.


Could you please explain what you mean by the above statement? (bound?...UNIX 
sockets?) Thank you.

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Stability

[Larry Howard Mittman]

Taken from the ELKS web site - road map page

 After 0.1 more elaborate features will be added, in particular
networking. At this stage it may be desirable to maintain a 0.1 stable
 series, and do all new development in the 0.2 series. It may reduce
confusion to maintain the convention of numbering the
 development series kernel with an odd minor number, and stable series
with an even minor number.

This appears contradictory - ie: how can 0.1 be a stable kernel and 0.2
be development when you state that the development kernels will have an
ODD minor number and stable will have an EVEN minor number?

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Re: Capabilities

[Larry Howard Mittman]

I really don't see where this is a problem. User level processing does not
need
hardware memory protection; it could be implemented as a strictly software
solution. For example, a table defined within the OS giving the user and the
level. Then, all memory access could interrogate this table and give pseudo
memory level security.

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- Original Message -
From: Perry Harrington [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Luke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED];
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Sent: Thursday, June 03, 1999 9:11 PM
Subject: Re: Capabilities


 
   In addition, the user programs could be protected from the kernel and
vice
   versa...

 Note, without memory protection we really have no lower priviledged users,
all users
 are the equivelent of root.  Users exist merely to provide some logical
division.

 
  And that would be a big bonus, especially for embeded systems
  Luke(Boo) Farrar.
 


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Hello?????

[Larry Howard Mittman]

What has happened to this list? The last message I received in my mailbox
was
June 3. Since then, nothing. Has it truly been this quiet, or is it ANOTHER
one
of the on-going problems I have with my ISP?

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