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From: "Douglas A. Gwyn" <DAGwyn@null.net>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] 9p and Styx
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 15:15:32 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3AFAA159.340DF4B7@null.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010509085553.2A3A0199E7@mail.cse.psu.edu>

forsyth@caldo.demon.co.uk wrote:
> although the core operations are essentially the same, usually with the same message format,
> in Styx there is neither Tsession nor Tclwalk, the 9p and styx Tattach operations are different
> (styx authenticates the link separately from each attach),
> styx file modes are more restricted (eg, no lock or append-only),
> and the T/R operations have different numbers.

It sounds like there is no reason that 9P couldn't be a strict superset
of Styx, other than backward-compatibility concerns.


  reply	other threads:[~2001-05-10 15:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-05-09  8:52 forsyth
2001-05-10 15:15 ` Douglas A. Gwyn [this message]
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2001-05-09  8:29 horst

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