RE: [ILUG] D11, (again, i havn't given up)

From: Paul Jakma (Paul.Jakma at domain Digital.com)
Date: Mon 09 Aug 1999 - 12:31:42 IST


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Caolan McNamara [mailto:Caolan.McNamara at domain ul.ie]
> Sent: Monday, August 09, 1999 10:37 AM
 
> On 06-Aug-99 Paul Jakma wrote:
>
> > i don't think linux would allow
> > that kind of stuff in-kernel.
s/linux/linus/g
 
> Well fair nuff, some digging throws up the showstopper
> problem that I can't
> actually do it the 100% natural way, but have to instead fall
> back to some
> standard (ish) ipc route to communicate between the Server
> and Client

in that case, why not forget D11, and use GGI, which is also backwards
compatible with X11 (i think). kgi is in kernel -> so graphics via system
calls,. Which was the original idea for D11.

> http://www.rampant.org/doors Though the zdjournal article is more positive
that
> my brief scan at the benchmarks in the linux doors paper.

IIRC Linus doesn't like doors one bit. (don't remember why). So no chance of
it being included in linux.

> C.

paul jakma.



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