From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 1 00:38:08 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 787FC16A417 for ; Thu, 1 Nov 2007 00:38:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from iaccounts@ibctech.ca) Received: from pearl.ibctech.ca (pearl.ibctech.ca [208.70.104.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E84F13C4A5 for ; Thu, 1 Nov 2007 00:38:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from iaccounts@ibctech.ca) Received: (qmail 20809 invoked by uid 1002); 1 Nov 2007 00:37:38 -0000 Received: from iaccounts@ibctech.ca by pearl.ibctech.ca by uid 89 with qmail-scanner-1.22 (spamassassin: 2.64. Clear:RC:1(127.0.0.1):. Processed in 10.750537 secs); 01 Nov 2007 00:37:38 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO webmail.ibctech.ca) (127.0.0.1) by localhost.ibctech.ca with SMTP; 1 Nov 2007 00:37:27 -0000 Received: from 208.70.104.211 (SquirrelMail authenticated user steve@ibctech.ca) by webmail.ibctech.ca with HTTP; Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:37:27 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <2703.208.70.104.211.1193877447.squirrel@webmail.ibctech.ca> In-Reply-To: <4727D3B2000A7E66@> References: <4727D3B20008B8C1@> <3558.208.70.104.211.1193873907.squirrel@webmail.ibctech.ca> <4727D3B2000A7E66@> Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:37:27 -0400 (EDT) From: "Steve Bertrand" To: "Eduardo Morras" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.5.1 [CVS] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: memory pool, rfc X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:38:08 -0000 > I think that in this list are FreeBSD > *gurus*/hacks too which could say a "try it" or a "are you crazy?" > answer. If other developers thinks that they need my rfc i'll add my > code to FreeBSD. Agreed, so could it be added as a port, or can you license the code with the BSD license and post a link to it? To be honest, from what you say about your application, it sounds beneficial. I personally would be willing to try it on one of the boxes that I boot from removable USB disk and run the entire OS in memory, with no hard disk whatsoever. > The point to zlib / libbzip2 is because when i talk about compression > *always* someone says " Why don't use zlib?" Short answer No, Medium > Answer: deflate is 15 years old and there are better and faster algs > now. Understood. Can you provide a compilable product with reasonable documentation that can be tested? Steve