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Message-ID: <20070623210228.GY21478@ftp.linux.org.uk> Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 22:02:29 +0100 From: Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk> To: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> Cc: Grozdan Nikolov <microchip@...llo.be>, Torsten Duwe <duwe@....de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: How innovative is Linux? On Sat, Jun 23, 2007 at 08:23:43PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > Proc type stuff is a lot older than Linux or Unix AFAIK. Loadable modules > ditto but the full load/unload/autoload stuff I've not seen pre-Linux. Representation of process state and control of that state via files on a filesystem? AFAIK, it's 80s stuff and at least one of the sources had been research branch in Bell Labs - whether you call it Unix or not... Do you have any references for that animal in earlier systems? A lot older than Unix would mean 50s or 60s... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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