From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 3 08:47:26 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: arch@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66CF616A41F; Sat, 3 Sep 2005 08:47:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from pittgoth.com (14.zlnp1.xdsl.nauticom.net [209.195.149.111]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAB1E43D46; Sat, 3 Sep 2005 08:47:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (tradenet-it.gw.ai.net [205.134.160.6] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0) by pittgoth.com (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j838lNwP093378 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sat, 3 Sep 2005 04:47:24 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2005 04:46:21 -0400 From: Tom Rhodes To: "Poul-Henning Kamp" Message-ID: <20050903044621.316451c4@localhost> In-Reply-To: <34962.1125655258@phk.freebsd.dk> References: <20050902053927.3656b245@localhost> <34962.1125655258@phk.freebsd.dk> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.9.13 (GTK+ 2.6.8; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Tom Rhodes , arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Consoles, past and future. X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 Sep 2005 08:47:26 -0000 On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 12:00:58 +0200 "Poul-Henning Kamp" wrote: > In message <20050902053927.3656b245@localhost>, Tom Rhodes writes: > > > >My question is, and I know this hasn't been tested so be my > >guest and theorize a bit. Are there any performance gains > >or losses as a result of taking this route? > > If we are concerned about the performance of /dev/console, we > need our collective heads and tails smacked until we come to > our senses :-) > Good point. :) -- Tom Rhodes