From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Oct 25 15: 2:47 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from prism.flugsvamp.com (cb58709-a.mdsn1.wi.home.com [24.17.241.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A60A737B4CF for ; Wed, 25 Oct 2000 15:02:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jlemon@localhost) by prism.flugsvamp.com (8.11.0/8.11.0) id e9PM1HC88732; Wed, 25 Oct 2000 17:01:17 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from jlemon) Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 17:01:17 -0500 From: Jonathan Lemon To: Alfred Perlstein Cc: Dan Kegel , Jonathan Lemon , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kqueue microbenchmark results Message-ID: <20001025170117.C87091@prism.flugsvamp.com> References: <20001024225637.A54554@prism.flugsvamp.com> <39F6655A.353FD236@alumni.caltech.edu> <20001025115457.X28123@fw.wintelcom.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: <20001025115457.X28123@fw.wintelcom.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 11:54:57AM -0700, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > moved to hackers, dropped linux-kernel and -chat. > > * Dan Kegel [001024 21:38] wrote: > > Johnathan, > > Thanks for running that test for me! I've added your results > > (plus a cautionary note about microbenchmarks and a link to > > your site) to http://www.kegel.com/dkftpbench/Poller_bench.html > > > > If you haven't already, you might peek at the discussion on > > linux-kernel. Linus seems to be on the verge of adding > > something like kqueue() to Linux, but appears opposed to > > supporting level-triggering; he likes the simplicity of > > edge triggering (from the kernel's point of view!). See > > http://boudicca.tux.org/hypermail/linux-kernel/2000week44/index.html#9 > > Jonathan, wouldn't this be a good time to try to push our interface > on Linux? After all, we have several instances of it working and > having the Open Source community force a new design feature into > mainstream UNIX to address scalability would be very cool. I'd love to do that, but am not quite sure how I'd go about it. If you read the l-k mailing list, you'll see Linus calling kqueue "overengineered", and what he is proposing is something that is definitely not well thought out. Other than whacking him on the head with a stick, any ideas on how to get him to turn away from the "NIH" syndrome? -- Jonathan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message