Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 15:50:02 +0200 From: Pierre Beyssac <beyssac@enst.fr> To: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Known MMAP() race conditions ... ? Message-ID: <19990708155002.H90983@enst.fr> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907081009190.4088-100000@thelab.hub.org>; from The Hermit Hacker on Thu, Jul 08, 1999 at 10:18:35AM -0300 References: <19990708145458.A10059@enst.fr> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907081009190.4088-100000@thelab.hub.org>
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On Thu, Jul 08, 1999 at 10:18:35AM -0300, The Hermit Hacker wrote: > The newest INN does not have this option, MMAP() is a requirement for > it... Sorry, I didn't know that. Too bad, then. > ah, okay, so you are saying that FreeBSD shouldn't be demonstrated using > software that taxes/tweaks bugs in it? Exactly. If you want to show the strengths of a system, it just doesn't make sense to rely on its weaker parts. > Boy, does that sound like a quick > road to problems... Management: but, when you sold us on this operating > system, it was perfectly stable. Me: ya, well, I picked and choose the > software I ran for the demo, sorry... I didn't say you have to lie about your choice. > Right now, my 'fight' is weak, since all my friend has to do is point out > that 'the MMAP() issue isn't an issue under Linux'...and, as far as I'm Linux has other -- IMHO more annoying -- issues, so I think your friend had better stop bragging. > My opinion on the Linux vs *BSD issue is, and always has been, that *BSD > makes the better *server*...we have very strong networking code, a very > stable kernel and a sane development model...but this MMAP() issue really > hurts :( I think everyone agrees. Now, the problem is that it's not an easy thing to fix, or it would already be fixed. -- Pierre Beyssac pb@enst.fr To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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