From owner-freebsd-current Fri Dec 26 19:52:59 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id TAA28018 for current-outgoing; Fri, 26 Dec 1997 19:52:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current) Received: from dyson.iquest.net (dyson.iquest.net [198.70.144.127]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA28001; Fri, 26 Dec 1997 19:52:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from toor@dyson.iquest.net) Received: (from root@localhost) by dyson.iquest.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA01494; Fri, 26 Dec 1997 22:51:55 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from toor) From: "John S. Dyson" Message-Id: <199712270351.WAA01494@dyson.iquest.net> Subject: Re: Bruce vandalism again In-Reply-To: <199712270103.SAA00810@usr04.primenet.com> from Terry Lambert at "Dec 27, 97 01:03:56 am" To: tlambert@primenet.com (Terry Lambert) Date: Fri, 26 Dec 1997 22:51:55 -0500 (EST) Cc: mike@smith.net.au, tlambert@primenet.com, bde@zeta.org.au, jb@freebsd1.cimlogic.com.au, bde@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org, grog@lemis.com, julian@whistle.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Terry Lambert said: > > FreeBSD makes CSRG code have high performance on x86. NetBSD makes > CSRG code run on many platforms. > > Personally, I'd like CSRG code that had high performance AND ran > on manyy platforms (hence the need for a middle ground). > > Me too. I think that the next flurry of pmap activity will make us have a proper abstraction there. There are a few more VM and VFS performance improvements in progress, and new threading capabilities. Thank goodness we don't have lots of platforms. -- John | Never try to teach a pig to sing, dyson@freebsd.org | it just makes you look stupid, jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig.