From owner-freebsd-arch Wed Nov 24 5:37:49 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.204.136.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 283691522C for ; Wed, 24 Nov 1999 05:37:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA03332 for ; Wed, 24 Nov 1999 14:36:49 +0100 (CET) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id OAA33640 for freebsd-arch@freebsd.org; Wed, 24 Nov 1999 14:36:47 +0100 (MET) Received: from sumatra.americantv.com (sumatra.americantv.com [208.139.222.227]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6FCB15098; Wed, 24 Nov 1999 05:36:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jlemon@americantv.com) Received: from right.PCS (right.PCS [148.105.10.31]) by sumatra.americantv.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA25678; Wed, 24 Nov 1999 07:34:49 -0600 (CST) Received: (from jlemon@localhost) by right.PCS (8.8.5/8.6.4) id HAA03066; Wed, 24 Nov 1999 07:34:48 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <19991124073447.18248@right.PCS> Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 07:34:47 -0600 From: Jonathan Lemon To: Julian Elischer Cc: "Rodney W. Grimes" , Brian Fundakowski Feldman , arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: new IPFW References: <199911241026.CAA45230@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.61.1 In-Reply-To: ; from Julian Elischer on Nov 11, 1999 at 02:49:48AM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Nov 11, 1999 at 02:49:48AM -0800, Julian Elischer wrote: > Unfortunatly it uses an in-kernel incremental machine instruction > generator so it wouldn't be very portable, however it is apparently > blazingly fast. Yes, I hope to be eable to incorporate the vcode generator if I ever have time. One thing you have to watch for is running the generator too often that you thrash the icache. The backend emits code for the alpha and i386 right now, IIRC, so that should cover our current platforms. -- Jonathan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message