Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 09:39:07 +0100 (MET) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD hackers) Subject: Re: FreeBSD, Zappa & PCI Message-ID: <199601030839.JAA19302@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199601022103.AA26983@Sysiphos> from "Stefan Esser" at Jan 2, 96 10:03:12 pm
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As Stefan Esser wrote: > > } We need ELF or some other mechanism for segment identification to > } enable kernel paging. > > Well, I don't believe in kernel paging at all! > We better kept our kernel reasonably small ... Kernel paging should not be abused as an excuse for bloated code, but it's got more merits, for example you could page out code that's needed only once (at boot time) or rarely (diagnostics code), thus freeing up valuable physical memory for more important things. Remember: disks are cheap, RAM is expensive. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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