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From: friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: 4.2BSD on uVaxII ??
Message-ID: <471@psivax.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 28-May-85 13:48:22 EDT
Article-I.D.: psivax.471
Posted: Tue May 28 13:48:22 1985
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In article <400@rna.UUCP> dan@rna.UUCP ( Ts'o) writes:
>
>	PRECISELY, what is the difference between Ultrix-32m for the uVAX II
>and the 4.2BSD source distribution from Berkeley ?
>
>	Let me help you start the list, correct me please if I'm wrong:
>
>	- No online documentation		\
>	- No user-contributed software		 > These aren't too important
>	- No UNIBUS drivers (really?)		/
>	- Better error reporting, DEC-style
>	* Hashed inode and linked proc queues ********* ??
>	- expensive source license		\
>	- Emulation for missing instructions	 > These are very important
>	- Bootstraps for MSCP Qbus devices	/
>
	I have a hard believing the *'d item. BSD4.x has had hashed
inodes and linked process queues since before it was released!
I should know, I have seen pre-release listings of the kernel source
from Berkeley and these features are there. I cannot see Berkeley
removing them after putting them in!
-- 

				Sarima (Stanley Friesen)

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