On Thu, Oct 07, 1999 at 03:05:11PM +0200, Kai Gro�johann wrote: > Momchil Velikov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Kai Gro�johann wrote: > > > A `server' in the Hurd roughly corresponds to a kernel module in > > > Linux. This is about a million miles away from the term `server' used > > > to describe, say, a Web server or mail server. > > > > Hmm... I believe, just the opposite is true, a Hurd server is much > > more like a Web server or mail server, i.e., all they have ports and > > communicate with their clients by exchanging messages on these > > ports, as opposed to a direct function call or trap. > > You are arguing from the perspective of how it works. I'm arguing > from what it does.
But Momchil is right. A kernel module is so far from a Hurd server, that you need a telescope to see it. > Maybe I should clarify that by `Web server' I meant a computer which > has Linux and Apache installed. Likewise, by `mail server' I meant a > computer. I wasn't talking about the programs sendmail and httpd. Oh. Well. Still, a computer with Linux and Apache installed has a port open to which I cn connect and query for a web site. A Hurd server is really a server. Just as a web server. The weird Linux binary modules are just confusing the issue. Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org Check Key server Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org for public PGP Key [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
