*BSD News Article 25320


Return to BSD News archive

Xref: sserve comp.unix.misc:10675 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:5253 comp.unix.bsd:13186 comp.windows.x.i386unix:6067 biz.sco.general:9745
Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.bsd,comp.windows.x.i386unix,biz.sco.general
Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!usc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!psinntp!laidbak!stevea
From: stevea@lachman.com (Steve Alexander)
Subject: Re: SCO market share
Message-ID: <1993Dec24.211007.28893@i88.isc.com>
Sender: usenet@i88.isc.com (Usenet News)
Nntp-Posting-Host: ozzy.i88.isc.com
Organization: Lachman Technology, Inc., Naperville, IL
References: <2eocag$ce1@u.cc.utah.edu> <1993Dec18.215841.28755@i88.isc.com> <2f8mp6$hbb@u.cc.utah.edu>
Date: Fri, 24 Dec 1993 21:10:07 GMT
Lines: 41

In article <2f8mp6$hbb@u.cc.utah.edu> terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C) writes:
>UNIX is where select(2) becomes select(3) unless SCO has changed things
>recently.

SVR4 implements select in terms of poll, but SCO UNIX does not.

Script started on Fri Dec 24 14:42:20 1993
# uname -X

System = snoutfan
Node = snoutfan
Release = 3.2v4.2
KernelID = 93/04/28
Machine = i80386
BusType = ISA
Serial = sco000000
Users = 2-user
OEM# = 0
Origin# = 1
NumCPU = 1

# ar x /lib/libc.a select.o
# dis -F select select.o
		****   DISASSEMBLER  ****


disassembly for select.o

section	.text
select()
	   0:  b8 28 24 00 00         movl   $0x2428,%eax
	   5:  9a 00 00 00 00 07 00   lcall  0x7,0x0
	   c:  0f 82 ee ff ff ff      jb     0xffffffee <0>
	  12:  c3                     ret    
	  13:  90                     nop    
# 
script done on Fri Dec 24 14:42:52 1993

-- 
Steve Alexander, Lachman Technology, Inc. | stevea@lachman.com
(708) 505-9555 x256 FAX: (708) 505-9574	  | ...!{sun,ico}!laidbak!stevea