Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 13 Dec 2000 20:52:19 -0800 | From | Chip Salzenberg <> | Subject | Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux Kernel ORB: kORBit |
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According to Alexander Viro: > On Wed, 13 Dec 2000, Chip Salzenberg wrote: > > According to Alexander Viro: > > > On Wed, 13 Dec 2000, Chip Salzenberg wrote: > > > > According to Alexander Viro: > > > > > 9P is quite simple and unlike CORBA it had been designed for taking > > > > > kernel stuff to userland. Besides, authors definitely understand > > > > > UNIX... > > > > > > > > As nice as 9P is, it'll need some tweaks to work with Linux. > > > > For example, it limits filenames to 30 characters; that's not OK. > > > > > > For RPC-style uses? Why? > > > > For the same reason C compilers recognize more than eight significant > > characters in externals, even though ANSI doesn't require them to. > > s/30/255/ and you've got a big problem with ext2...
As long as names are to be created, or at least understood, by humans, there will be some limit on *usable* length. In my experience, 255 is above that limit, but 30 is below it. And I cut my teeth on a system that had exactly that length limitation (UNOS). -- Chip Salzenberg - a.k.a. - <chip@valinux.com> "Give me immortality, or give me death!" // Firesign Theatre - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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