Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Solaris 2.6 and Linux | From | Andi Kleen <> | Date | 26 Sep 1997 16:44:06 +0200 |
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Darren Reed <darrenr@cyber.com.au> writes: > It might be slow, but I'd much rather develop kernel stuff for Solaris than > Linux, source code or no. You guys are still sorting out what to do with > symbols from LKM's! At least stuff developed for Solaris (i.e STREAMS using
Another platform? This means that I can use Solaris STREAMS modules e.g. on SINIX or UnixWare? Hard to believe.. The price for this is standstill.
> DDI/DDK) has a good chance of working on another platform. I hate to remind > you folks but "Linux ain't Unix" (hmm, that will really stir up some flames). > /usr/include/* is so different, it's just not funny. You have no idea how > discouraging that huge difference is to someone who works with the *BSD > platforms and other commercial Unixes 99% of the time. Maybe that's why > its fast and I guess its a price you're all willing to pay.
Hmm? Linux' modules system is very mature compared against the LKM crazyness of the BSDs. Regarding the /usr/include/* differences - I hope you don't want to introduce mbufs in Linux ;) glibc goes further into the Single Unix compliance direction, but even libc5 isn't that bad. I usually find all the BSD extensions much more annyoing during ports.
-Andi (hope this won't be a flamewar)
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