From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jun 22 00:18:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA06929 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Mon, 22 Jun 1998 00:18:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dyson.iquest.net (dyson.iquest.net [198.70.144.127]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA06862; Mon, 22 Jun 1998 00:18:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from toor@dyson.iquest.net) Received: (from root@localhost) by dyson.iquest.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA09283; Mon, 22 Jun 1998 02:14:17 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from toor) Message-Id: <199806220714.CAA09283@dyson.iquest.net> Subject: Re: Here is what I promised :-) In-Reply-To: from Dom Mitchell at "Jun 22, 98 07:39:54 am" To: dom@myrddin.demon.co.uk (Dom Mitchell) Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 02:14:16 -0500 (EST) Cc: dyson@iquest.net, phk@critter.freebsd.dk, hasty@rah.star-gate.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG From: "John S. Dyson" Reply-To: dyson@iquest.net X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Dom Mitchell said: > "John S. Dyson" writes: > > Maybe, but I *am* working on a scalable and forward looking kernel > > that will perform about the same as a conventional kernel, except > > where the conventional kernel doesn't perform well at all. The > > abstractions that we are working on, work both on PC's, on SMP > > PC's, multiple machines (acting essentially as one machine), and > > even heterogeneous machines (in a limited fashion.) > > Got it! You're working on FreePlan9. :-) > Damn close. Different in alot of ways, but very similar in others. We are being careful to avoid looking at Plan9 source, and hope to improve on some (all) of it's shortcomings. :-). -- John | Never try to teach a pig to sing, dyson@iquest.net | it makes one look stupid jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message