Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 13 Dec 2000 21:06:54 -0500 (EST) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux Kernel ORB: kORBit |
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On Wed, 13 Dec 2000, Chris Lattner wrote:
> Err... how about this: Give me two or three kORBit syscalls and I can get > rid of all the other 100+ syscalls! :)
Like it ioctl() does it? Number of entry points is _not_ an issue. Diversity of the API is. Technically, kernel has 1 (_o_n_e_) entry point as far as userland is concerned. int 0x80 on x86. Can't beat that, can you?
Yes, standard RPC mechanism would be nice. No, CORBA is not a good candidate - too baroque and actually known to lead to extremely tasteless APIs being implemented over it. Yes, I mean GNOME. So sue me.
I would take 9P over that any day, thank you very much.
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