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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA716 ; Sun, 07 Feb 93 03:01:41 EST Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!bogus.sura.net!darwin.sura.net!rsg1.er.usgs.gov!fmsrl7!lynx.unm.edu!umn.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!hasty From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) Subject: Re: [386BSD] Port of Postgres 4.0/Picasso? Message-ID: <1993Feb6.084829.2883@netcom.com> Keywords: postgres DBMS, Picasso Interface Toolkit, porting Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <C1y0EA.9vx@acsu.buffalo.edu> <1993Feb5.182943.24667@coe.montana.edu> <C201Fx.3FE@lut.fi> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1993 08:48:29 GMT Lines: 29 In article <C201Fx.3FE@lut.fi> junki@lut.fi (Juha Nurmela) writes: >In article <1993Feb5.182943.24667@coe.montana.edu>, osyjm@cs.montana.edu (Jaye Mathisen) writes: >|> In article <C1y0EA.9vx@acsu.buffalo.edu> jmsimon@acsu.buffalo.edu (JMS) writes: >|> >I have been considering tackling Postgres and Picasso ports >|> >to 386bsd, but wanted to first ask if anyone has already done >|> >this, has tried unsuccessfully, or thinks there is a better >|> >solution to database needs. >|> >|> Hmph. Methinks the first problem will be the lack of shared memory, which >|> should make it exciting. Overcoming that might be tough. > >There is shared memory. It's just not compiled in. Adding SYSVSHM to kernel >options creates it. The C-callable system calls (shm*()) are missing, however. > >-- > juha nurmela, Adr. 54430 Hujakkala, Finland. Tel. 953 78022 > eiku: skinnarilank. 28d10, Tel. 953 26292 I am curious as to if there is an mmap interface just a wild guess because postgress has been ported to Ultrix. Amancio -- This message brought to you by the letters X and S and the number 3 Amancio Hasty | Home: (415) 495-3046 | ftp-site depository of all my work: e-mail hasty@netcom.com | sunvis.rtpnc.epa.gov:/pub/386bsd/incoming