Re: Linux

Jonathan Leffler wrote: > = > I've been discussing whether Linux (or BSDI, or other shareware Unix-li= ke > o/s) can be made a part of Informix' porting strategy. > = > At the moment, it appears that the answer is 'no' because Linux does no= t > support features which Informix-OnLine needs. I don't have the precise= > details of what these absent features are, but candidates are: > = > * System V IPC (shared memory) > * System V IPC (semaphores) > * System V TLI (transport layer interface) > * System V Streams (for olipcstr connectivity) > = > Does anyone who is sufficicently familiar with Linux know whether these= > features are available or not? I suspect that these are not the missin= g > features, so if you volunteer an answer, can you also indicate whether = I > can tax you with other feature issues. > = > Yours, > Jonathan Leffler (johnl@informix.com) #include <disclaimer.h> I had heard (really i have the one who told me next to me) that i can run informix 5 on a linux box, taking a kernel >=3D 1.2 and patching your= ISBD support, he told me that 4GL doesn=B4t work, but any other do. I am just trying to do it work now, i will told you before. I any of you had ever tried something like this, please let me know Carlo