From: Charles Forsyth <forsyth@terzarima.net>
To: russcox@gmail.com, 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] -mpm Again
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 14:14:26 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7787f9ac800e21e9ebecfbe36666e13a@terzarima.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ee9e417a0507270609551ef8db@mail.gmail.com>
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and even it manages only because the kernel still implements read and write
system calls for old executables (read and write now call pread and pwrite)
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From: Russ Cox <russcox@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] -mpm Again
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 09:09:36 -0400
Message-ID: <ee9e417a0507270609551ef8db@mail.gmail.com>
> Hm.. I guess this means 2e binaries run on 4e? How much
> compatibility is there between the different editions?
> I guess not having shared libraries pays good dividends here.
Enough has changed that more complicated programs
would be a problem, but pm is not much more complicated
than cat as far as system calls go.
Russ
prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-07-27 13:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-07-26 15:59 Gregory Pavelcak
2005-07-26 16:21 ` Russ Cox
2005-07-26 16:37 ` Gregory Pavelcak
2005-07-27 5:57 ` Tim Newsham
2005-07-27 13:09 ` Russ Cox
2005-07-27 13:14 ` Charles Forsyth [this message]
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