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From: woods@eci386.uucp (Greg A. Woods)
Subject: Re: Unix 5.4 and ulimit
Message-ID: <1991May8.183914.3059@eci386.uucp>
Reply-To: woods@eci386.UUCP (Greg A. Woods)
Organization: Elegant Communications Inc.
References: <1991Apr21.140740.6766@gold.sub.org> <1991Apr27.131456.16754@ddsw1.MCS.COM> <1991Apr28.151953.3189@nightowl.MN.ORG> <2544@urbana.mcd.mot.com> <1991May2.181547.26698@eci386.uucp> <2550@urbana.mcd.mot.com>
Date: Wed, 8 May 1991 18:39:14 GMT

In article <2550@urbana.mcd.mot.com> dfields@urbana.mcd.mot.com writes:
> The reference m88k and m68k configuration is very similar to the reference
> 3b2.

Good.  I would hope so!  Certainly drivers are going to be different,
but it's the same O/S, with the same tunable parameters (outside any
required by specific drivers).

>  Of course any vendor can change these however they feel as there
> isn't an standard as yet.  There is also great incentive to change this
> as it's not a simple interface.

There should be *great* incentive for every vendor not to change
anything at the user/administrator level at all!  The entire O/S is a
standard, as specified by the reference ports from UI.  Any vendor who
attempts to claim otherwise and provide their own "custom"
"enhancements" brings serious doubt to their commitment.

If there's something wrong with the interface to kernel configuration,
then it's going to be wrong on every version, and should be changed in
the reference port, perhaps through some form of feedback and
consensus from the various vendors.  Certainly it should be UI's
responsibility to facilitate this.

Just why do you think it's not simple anyway?  I presume it's tied
into FACE for those who don't/can't read the manual and do it the
"real" way.

> The 3b2 reference port may have been first but all that means is that
> there were more bugs.  The i386 port is the only one I'd base a
> product on.

Scary that you should say that.  Actually I've heard the 3b2 port runs
quite well.  I'd run it on my 3b2 if I could get it for < $7,000(US)!
-- 
							Greg A. Woods
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