Subject: Re: Faster pipes from FreeBSD
To: None <thorpej@zembu.com>
From: Jaromír <jdolecek@netbsd.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 04/08/2001 19:32:26
Jason R Thorpe wrote:
> Well, I don't know if any code that relies on things created with pipe(2)
> being bidirectional -- but the manual clearly states that they are uni-
> directional, so if such applications exist, they're certainly not portable,
> and, IMO, deserve to lose.
> 
> Going back to unidirectional is fine with me.

Yeah, I'm going with this one. I'll add a sysctl to switch on
bidirectional pipes for those who really want to, but default
would be unidirectional pipes.

Jaromir
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