From: lm@mcvoy.com (Larry McVoy)
Subject: [TUHS] the guy who brought up SVr4 on Sun machines
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2017 09:10:33 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170104171033.GC3405@mcvoy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <586d2abb.A5j4GovJtyzlD+AQ%schily@schily.net>
On Wed, Jan 04, 2017 at 06:02:51PM +0100, Joerg Schilling wrote:
> Larry McVoy <lm at mcvoy.com> wrote:
>
> > > Note that the Svr4 kernel was derived from the SunOS-4.0 kernel.
> >
> > I was in the kernel group at Sun at the time. The pictures I posted
> > are of the guy that did the bring up.
> >
> > In no way was SVr4 even remotely derived from the SunOS 4.0 kernel.
>
> I cannot confirm this at all.
>
> I have access to both SunOS-4.x and Solaris sources and it is obvious that the
I'm not sure how you have legal access to the SunOS 4.x code. I'd love a
copy of that source but so far as I know it's locked up.
> SVr4 and Solaris kernel code is very similar.
Sure it's similar. The process was:
untar the SVr4 code
take anything useful from the SunOS code
try and make it compat
If you want to call that derived from that's your call. In my mind "derived
from" would mean start with the SunOS code and make it SVr4 compat. That
is *not* what AT&T paid $200M to have happen. They knew that System V was
a non-starter and they wanted all the SunOS goodness in System V.
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2017-01-04 2:41 Larry McVoy
2017-01-04 3:00 ` Warner Losh
2017-01-04 3:23 ` Dan Cross
2017-01-04 3:35 ` Larry McVoy
2017-01-04 12:24 ` Ed Carp
2017-01-04 16:17 ` ron minnich
2017-01-04 16:31 ` Joerg Schilling
2017-01-04 16:34 ` ron minnich
2017-01-04 16:57 ` Joerg Schilling
2017-01-04 17:06 ` Larry McVoy
2017-01-04 17:11 ` Joerg Schilling
2017-01-04 17:15 ` Larry McVoy
2017-01-04 17:40 ` Joerg Schilling
2017-01-04 17:42 ` Larry McVoy
2017-01-04 17:48 ` Joerg Schilling
2017-01-04 17:57 ` Larry McVoy
2017-01-04 18:24 ` Dan Cross
2017-01-04 18:30 ` Dan Cross
2017-01-04 18:25 ` Joerg Schilling
2017-01-04 18:32 ` Joerg Schilling
2017-01-04 18:46 ` Dan Cross
2017-01-05 11:18 ` Joerg Schilling
2017-01-06 2:09 ` Larry McVoy
2017-01-06 3:07 ` Steve Nickolas
2017-01-06 17:38 ` Warner Losh
2017-01-04 17:36 ` ron minnich
2017-01-04 17:41 ` Joerg Schilling
2017-01-04 16:46 ` Larry McVoy
2017-01-04 17:02 ` Joerg Schilling
2017-01-04 17:10 ` Larry McVoy [this message]
2017-01-04 17:39 ` Joerg Schilling
2017-01-04 17:52 ` Larry McVoy
2017-01-04 18:23 ` Joerg Schilling
2017-01-04 18:27 ` Larry McVoy
2017-01-04 18:29 ` Joerg Schilling
2017-01-04 18:44 ` Larry McVoy
2017-01-05 11:50 ` Joerg Schilling
2017-01-06 2:02 ` Larry McVoy
2017-01-09 13:40 ` Joerg Schilling
2017-01-09 17:48 ` Larry McVoy
2017-01-10 3:58 ` Larry McVoy
2017-01-10 4:16 ` Warner Losh
2017-01-08 1:37 ` Larry McVoy
2017-01-05 2:26 ` Wesley Parish
2017-01-04 18:56 ` Nevin Liber
2017-01-04 19:05 ` Warner Losh
2017-01-04 20:00 ` Clem Cole
2017-01-04 21:20 ` Brad Spencer
2017-01-04 21:57 ` William Pechter
2017-01-04 21:57 ` William Pechter
2017-01-05 0:36 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-01-05 0:43 ` Larry McVoy
2017-01-05 0:50 ` William Pechter
2017-01-05 1:01 ` Larry McVoy
2017-01-05 3:00 ` Wesley Parish
2017-01-05 3:13 ` Larry McVoy
2017-01-05 8:12 ` Andy Kosela
2017-01-05 16:23 ` Larry McVoy
2017-01-05 16:31 ` Clem Cole
2017-01-10 15:12 Berny Goodheart
2017-01-10 16:03 ` arnold
2017-01-10 16:20 ` Larry McVoy
2017-01-10 16:24 ` Joerg Schilling
2017-01-10 16:32 ` Berny Goodheart
2017-01-10 16:40 ` Chet Ramey
2017-01-10 16:41 ` Joerg Schilling
2017-01-10 16:20 ` Joerg Schilling
2017-01-10 16:34 ` Clem cole
2017-01-10 16:38 ` Chet Ramey
2017-01-10 16:57 ` Berny Goodheart
2017-01-10 17:10 ` Joerg Schilling
2017-01-10 17:47 ` Warner Losh
2017-01-10 18:28 ` Larry McVoy
2017-01-10 18:33 ` Warner Losh
2017-01-10 18:42 ` Larry McVoy
2017-01-10 19:21 ` Clem cole
2017-01-10 19:41 ` Clem cole
2017-01-11 21:03 ` Dan Cross
2017-01-11 20:56 ` Dan Cross
2017-01-11 22:57 ` Joerg Schilling
2017-01-11 23:06 ` Larry McVoy
2017-01-11 23:52 ` Joerg Schilling
2017-01-11 23:57 ` Larry McVoy
2017-01-12 0:07 ` Joerg Schilling
2017-01-12 1:58 ` Larry McVoy
2017-01-12 10:39 ` Joerg Schilling
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2017-01-10 16:34 ` Berny Goodheart
2017-01-10 15:38 Noel Chiappa
2017-01-10 21:26 Noel Chiappa
2017-01-11 18:07 Noel Chiappa
2017-01-11 19:37 ` Charles Anthony
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