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From: hart@apanix.apana.org.au (Leigh Hart)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Does FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 support the following ?
Date: 29 Jul 94 14:36:25 GMT
Organization: Apanix Public Access Unix, +61 8 373 5485 (5 lines)
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Message-ID: <hart.775492585@apanix.apana.org.au>
References: <wgalazka.157.2E3388E4@chem.uw.edu.pl>
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wgalazka@chem.uw.edu.pl (Wojciech Galazka) writes:

>Hi all,
>Can anyone tell me if FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 supports the following
> (as Solaris 2.1 does):
>
>1 shared libraries

yes.

>2 runtime linkable device drivers

If you mean "plonk driver.o in kernel directory and reboot to start
driver" then (from my experience) no.

Full source is provided for the kernel (and everything else for that
matter) so configuring drivers in and out of the kernel is as simple
as editing one file (eg: FOO) and typing

'config FOO; cd /sys/compile/FOO;make clean depend all' and copying
the freshly compiled kernel to / (after making a backup of course!)

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

yes.

>4 filesystem mapped processes

If you mean processes are mapped into /proc, then yes.
>5 file sharing

If you mean file locking, yes FreeBSD has numerous file locking/sharing
mechanisms.

I speak for no one but myself.

Cheers

Leigh
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