Re: Linux

In article <Pine.LNX.3.96.970419120025.789i-100000@reflections.eng.minds pring.net>, Todd Graham Lewis <tlewis@mindspring.com> writes >On 18 Apr 1997, Jonathan Leffler wrote: > >> 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) >> * System V IPC (semaphores) > >Linux has both of these; Krishna Balasubramanian did these way back in >92/93. Correct. > >> * System V TLI (transport layer interface) >> * System V Streams (for olipcstr connectivity) > >There are people within the Linux community who are working on this. I'll >see if I can get any of them to comment, or if they can give me some news >which I could pass along. > Thanks - I thought Linux was pretty sure STREAMS was not likely in the near futurre. >> I suspect that these are not the missing features, so if you volunteer >> an answer, can you also indicate whether I can tax you with other >> feature issues. > >I'm more than happy to answer any questions you might have. Feel free to >contact me privately if you prefer. > Same here - I'm running the katest kernel (2.1.35). >Incidentally, I'm just a Linux geek with no financial interest in any >computer company on the planet, other than my employer. I also am not an >Informix user, although I'm working on an application which would benefit >from an Informix port to Linux. > >#include <stddisc.h> > -- David Williams