Mo McKinlay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > # Perhaps it would be HURD:ier to use rpc calls for communication with > # the service, rather than a FIFO. The rcp port could be attached to the > # filesystem via some translator /hurd/init or some such. That's how the > # proc server and libproc are connected, I think. > > Nice, but unportable. One of my long-term goals is that this will > eventually become a candidate to be GNU init; which won't happen without > lots of conditionals if I opt to use RPC calls on HURD. Plus, I'm a lot > more au fais with FIFOs that I am with RPC ports. :)
Ok, that's a good point. (Personally, I think I'd prefer unix domain sockets before FIFO:s, at least if I expect to talk to several clients). /Niels
