Re: Linux

In article <5j8jfd$cbn@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, you wrote: >I've been discussing whether Linux (or BSDI, or other shareware Unix-like >o/s) can be made a part of Informix' porting strategy. Yes,yes,yes .. (please linux) > >At the moment, it appears that the answer is 'no' because Linux does not >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) Available and dynamic-sized > * System V IPC (semaphores) Available and dynamic sized > * System V TLI (transport layer interface) Not available but not needed (socket available) > * System V Streams (for olipcstr connectivity) Available (as packagag but not needed) Also threaded Versions are possible but for the moment an SE (together with the verry fast filesystem/block-drivers) wouldt be OK. We (and many customer) use SE/Online 5 in the SCO-Version together with iBCS (so that shows again the availability of all funtionality needed because the iBCS maps SCO-calls to linux-calls). If there is an acceptable price (f.e $50 per user or so) we order today without "money back guarante". Peter PS: If you need ANY help to do the port PLEASE as us. -- Peter Brueckner, Brueckner&Jarosch Ing.-GmbH Erfurt, Germany 99084 Erfurt Andreasstr. 37, TEL +49=361-64318.11, FAX .12, EMail peter@bj-ig.de,-42-