Xref: utzoo comp.sys.att:7243 unix-pc.general:3534 Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!watmath!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!dptg!mtunb!jcm From: jcm@mtunb.ATT.COM (was-John McMillan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,unix-pc.general Subject: Re: sockets & ptys Keywords: PD socket & PD pty Message-ID: <1604@mtunb.ATT.COM> Date: 9 Aug 89 12:42:22 GMT References: <637@holin.ATT.COM> <2229@umbc3.UMBC.EDU> <589@uncle.UUCP> Reply-To: jcm@mtunb.UUCP (John McMillan) Organization: AT&T ISL Middletown NJ USA Lines: 16 >>In article <637@holin.ATT.COM> bes@holin.ATT.COM (Bradley Smith) writes: >> Since its reasonable to assume that wind.o >>will always be the first driver loaded, then there is no reason that the >>addresses should change, ever, so using that ifile is a reasonably good >>way of doing it. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If we're going to enumerate the circumstances wherein the above view appears a bit "restricted": + A new wind.o is installed + A new kernel is installed (for some, a regular experience) + 'ktune' changes the kernel's size by at least a page + The system's RAM is switched from <=.5MB to >= 1MB, (or vice-versa -- Mega-YETCH !-) In other words, it's not a "reasonably good way of doing it" from some perspectives.