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From: roberto@keltia.frmug.fr.net (Ollivier Robert)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Does FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 support the following ?
Date: 27 Jul 1994 22:32:06 +0200
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In article <wgalazka.157.2E3388E4@chem.uw.edu.pl>,
Wojciech Galazka <wgalazka@chem.uw.edu.pl> wrote:
> Can anyone tell me if FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 supports the following (as Solaris 2.1 
                                                                   ^^^^^^^^^^
Not a good reference IMO :-)

> does):
> 1 shared libraries

Yes.

> 2 runtime linkable device drivers

No. NetBSD does though.

>3 memory mapped files (i.e. a file can be manipulated with the same functions 

Oh yes. Very important feature.

> 4 filesystem mapped processes

/proc is here. Less complete than Linux's one but will evolve in time.

> 5 file sharing

You meant NFS ? If yes, we have it of course. 
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Ollivier ROBERT                                           roberto@hsc.fr.net
Hervé Schauer Consultants                Ollivier.Robert@keltia.frmug.fr.net
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