Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 23:41:58 +0200 From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> Cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_mutex.c Message-ID: <22307.1112996518@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 08 Apr 2005 10:28:36 PDT." <4256BF44.2000100@errno.com>
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In message <4256BF44.2000100@errno.com>, Sam Leffler writes: >> And besides, a formatted sysctl has no binary compatibility issues at >> all. I like that too. >> > >Sure, that's the downside; you need to design binary protocols with care >(this is a protocol after all). And given that X.400 is dead and SMTP lives I would say that an ascii based protocol is preferable. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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