From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 1 01:41:29 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 52CD916A417 for ; Thu, 1 Nov 2007 01:41:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oscartheduck@gmail.com) Received: from el-out-1112.google.com (el-out-1112.google.com [209.85.162.179]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDECD13C481 for ; Thu, 1 Nov 2007 01:41:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oscartheduck@gmail.com) Received: by el-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id s27so103029ele for ; Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:40:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=hWCt9De2ZUpfCL30RrMPlFiS2miv5OfUPuMALSu760k=; b=Z9Om+DIbGCR6nlEoT8Hu9hC4M9fHJP5FCl9NCB4VMdB+4QPaIEd10aQitUaVk2SZSPaGB5LNtcHvKYspxbDlRH20xtolbLShynyba8OEJYVvS45XpEhnCcANNWzsEO+yew+ruuRU5Y+RFU6Ue3lMxjxzQnG4jmLpp86RCejpXc8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=sQjggd0L4nKEdd2Zzw+Y95sL69GPTkh2r2JcAt4DOFazW0yIVz1QUgfl1dLC0lxrm2WALVyFo1p9mg9Sz3DvfcZcNvqCi6Qe/2gsMkvKQW/Ut49A9ZoqrjyecNIQkZg9WufaeFe9oUIaFtueMwHRfLl6veh4uXCOU3gY/ifG6KA= Received: by 10.142.246.8 with SMTP id t8mr702748wfh.1193877954702; Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:45:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.142.180.12 with HTTP; Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:45:54 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:45:54 -0600 From: James To: "Steve Bertrand" In-Reply-To: <2703.208.70.104.211.1193877447.squirrel@webmail.ibctech.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <3558.208.70.104.211.1193873907.squirrel@webmail.ibctech.ca> <2703.208.70.104.211.1193877447.squirrel@webmail.ibctech.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Eduardo Morras , 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 01:41:29 -0000 On 10/31/07, Steve Bertrand wrote: > > > 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 And is it better than bzip? _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >