Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 13 May 1997 09:22:04 +0100 (GMT/BST) | From | Mike Jagdis <> | Subject | Re: What do you think of STREAMS? |
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On Tue, 13 May 1997, Yoav Cohen-Sivan wrote:
> Now that there is a GPL'ed STREAMS package available (albeit for > 2.0.29) which is being actively maintained, isn't it time for STREAMS to > be integrated into the base system? I seem to remember Linus objecting > to this but can remember why - heck, if it is just a compile time > option, or even better a loadable module why should Linux be deprived of > such a nice framework?
Well, firstly I suspect that many people are going to tell you that it *isn't* a nice framework and secondly because it is *only* useful if you have a whole load of STREAMS modules and drivers that exactly mimic the structure and protocols used in SYSV stacks.
Mike
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