From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 19 22:10:39 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id WAA09237 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 19 Jan 1996 22:10:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from hemi.com (hemi.com [204.132.158.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id WAA09232 for ; Fri, 19 Jan 1996 22:10:36 -0800 (PST) Received: (from mbarkah@localhost) by hemi.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id XAA28975; Fri, 19 Jan 1996 23:10:17 -0700 From: Ade Barkah Message-Id: <199601200610.XAA28975@hemi.com> Subject: Re: (streams) To: kline@tera.com (Gary Kline) Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 23:10:17 -0700 (MST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <9601200430.AA26321@tera.com> from "Gary Kline" at Jan 19, 96 08:30:35 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk [Re: streams] > > You could `push' or `pop' functions//modules onto an I/O > > device. It turned writing at least I/O drivers into something > > like building things out of tinker-toys. Simple. Hmm, yeah, it was nice from the application level too, like simply pushing the "connld" module to do multiplexing. I hear M.J. Karels is designing a "streams-like" mechanism for BSD (bstreams?), but I don't know the details. -Ade Barkah -------------------------------------------------------------------- Inet: mbarkah@hemi.com - HEMISPHERE ONLINE - www: --------------------------------------------------------------------