Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Thu, 15 May 1997 11:57:03 -0400 (EDT) | | From | Erik Troan <> | | Subject | Re: What do you think of STREAMS? |
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On Mon, 12 May 1997, David S. Miller wrote:
> Yes, however I think the original argument was that putting it into > the main tree may increase the number of places/people that would > decide to use Linux. The STREAMS implementation that exists for Linux > is much like the IRIX one Larry, it's bolted "on top" of the fast > stuff so only the bozo's using STREAMS even go through those code > paths. And you can config the sucker completely out, which is what > most people will do anyways. > > Always nice to have another "feature" feather in our caps against the > divided BSD community. 8-) (and at zero cost, other than more source > in the tree, because you can config it out)
Especially when that feature is required for many levels of Unix branding.
Erik
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