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Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 23:28:02 -0500 (EST)
From: Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu>
To: Chip Salzenberg <chip@valinux.com>
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On Wed, 13 Dec 2000, Chip Salzenberg wrote:

> According to Alexander Viro:
> > 9P is quite simple and unlike CORBA it had been designed for taking
> > kernel stuff to userland.  Besides, authors definitely understand
> > UNIX...
> 
> As nice as 9P is, it'll need some tweaks to work with Linux.
> For example, it limits filenames to 30 characters; that's not OK.

For RPC-style uses? Why?

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