layers vs SunView (was: Will X Windows be standard part...)

Eduardo Krell ekrell at hector.UUCP
Sat Feb 13 01:06:53 AEST 1988


In article <7248 at brl-smoke.ARPA> gwyn at brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>) writes:

>That sounds much better, but is that software the same as the general public
>gets (say, with their 3B2+630), or is it more of the nifty Bell Labs internal
>stuff that nobody else can get hold of?

I'm using the standard System V layers. The kernel on the 3B2 is hacked,
but I didn't touch anything that has to do with layers.

>Is the System V layers multiplexing converted to STREAMS yet?  Does it work
>as well as on Ninth Edition UNIX?

I wish... it still uses the XT device driver.
    
    Eduardo Krell                   AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ

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