[comp.os.mach] Ports on Other OS?

radvan (Don Radvan) (11/20/90)

Does anyone know if there exists support for the port-style IPC of
Mach in other OSs, particularly BSD variants and the such?

I would like to communicate with several processes remotely from a 
Mach machine and be unconcerned about the server OS, as long as it 
supports port-based IPC. (And vice-versa)

Am I limited to Mach? 
Any experience with this?

Your experience is much appreciated,


Don Radvan

MDI/Motorola. 

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Richard.Draves@CS.CMU.EDU (11/20/90)

> Excerpts from netnews.comp.os.mach: 19-Nov-90 Ports on Other OS? 
> mdivax1!radvan (448)

> Does anyone know if there exists support for the port-style IPC of
> Mach in other OSs, particularly BSD variants and the such?

> I would like to communicate with several processes remotely from a 
> Mach machine and be unconcerned about the server OS, as long as it 

> supports port-based IPC. (And vice-versa)

It is possible to support Mach IPC on other operating systems, with
degraded performance and security.  For example, a shared library can
take the place of the Mach kernel.  The ports and other IPC data
structures reside in shared data.  A netmsgserver process uses the
shared library and also talks to other netmsgservers elsewhere in the
network.

Rich