Re: [VANILLA-L] Code for more observer slots?

[James Cameron <cameron@stl.dec.com>]

Steve Franks wrote:
> I'm setting up a new vanilla server at MIT and I'd like to try to put
> in more observer slots

I agree with Mikael.  The simple solution is to increase the number of
slots available and allocate a higher slot number to the observers.
That causes some clients to misbehave, because they expect slot numbers
to be restricted to a particular range.

Bob Tanner wrote:
> There was talk about an obs server in the past. Where the main server
> would relay packets to a obs server. Anything come of this? Still just
> a good idea?

I saw nothing of it.  An X mirror program would achieve the same thing,
but would require effort setting up each time.

I think, therefore, that the observer code requires modification such
that it uses the same slot for all observers.  The Daemon
Synchronisation logic may need altering, as I think it relies on storing
a PID for each participating client on a per-slot basis.

Perhaps the concept of process slots should be separated from ship
slots.

This is the way I would prefer it to go.

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James Cameron                                    (cameron@stl.dec.com)
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References:

• [VANILLA-L] Code for more observer slots?
• From: Steve Franks <sdfranks@mit.edu>
• Re: [VANILLA-L] Code for more observer slots?
• From: Mikael Sandstr|m <d4sand@dtek.chalmers.se>
• Re: [VANILLA-L] Code for more observer slots?
• From: Bob Tanner <tanner@real-time.com>

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