Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 10 Jun 1998 11:50:24 +1200 | From | Chris Wedgwood <> | Subject | Re: [Linux-3D] Try my new DMA kernel functions |
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> sys5 shared memory is stupid and obsolete. It's good to have the facility > around so that stupid and obsolete programs still work, but when > considering radical new OS features, we shouldn't design them around > ancient quirks that no wise programmer will use in new code.
maybe - but it damned useful for some stuff. Especially when you can't have shared anonymous maps.
sysv semaphores can also be really useful.
-Chris
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