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From: andrew@wipux2.wifo.uni-mannheim.de (Andrew Wheadon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: What the hell are fifos?
Date: 8 Oct 1994 13:19:12 GMT
Organization: Rechenzentrum Uni-Mannheim
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Message-ID: <37668g$2ev@darum.uni-mannheim.de>
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>I'm wondering if NetBSD supports FIFO's?  I do not know.  I also do
>not know if it is a configurable kernel parameter.  If it is, maybe it
>is not enabled.  Maybe someone else in net.land knows.  Maybe the
>FAQ?
It is a configurable kernel parameter... It's called 'FIFO'...
It's mentioned in /sys/arch/i386/conf/ALL as RECOMMENDED.

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