comer@PURDUE.EDU (Douglas Comer) (05/15/88)
Clarifications about Xinu: 1. Xinu networking IS message based. Everything, including the remote file server protocol, is request-response. All the code's in volume II, so you can see for yourself. 2. Internet protocols (i.e. TCP/IP) are more general than homebrew protocols and can be used with almost any network hardware technology. That's why corporations like IBM, ATT, Sun, Digital Equipment and others are coming out with products. OSI isn't even here yet, but when it is, it will support message based interaction. 3. Xinu integrates both local and remote file systems under a single, transparent mechanism. There is no notion of whether THE file system resides in the kernel or not -- Xinu supports multiple file systems, some of which reside as far away as remote servers. Thanks for your patience, Doug