Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 08:23:17 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>, Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: most complex code in BSD? Message-ID: <15155.18117.503229.474582@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20010622133911.A53884@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <20010621233210.A37804@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <xzp7ky5e4ua.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20010622062238.A45123@blackhelicopters.org> <20010622114548.A51977@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <15155.13183.377957.392221@guru.mired.org> <20010622133911.A53884@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> types: > | For the v6 kernel, this is in C code. I never went looking for it in > | later code, so I don't know when it vanished. > I'm sorry, but what is v6? Unix v6, aka Sixth Edition. See <URL: http://www.unix-systems.org/what_is_unix/history_timeline.html > for more information on how that fits into the history of Unix. > | The comment in question is a couple of paragraphs, followed by that > | seven-word note. If I remember correctly - my copy of Lyons being in > | storage - the code was the context-switching code, and what was being > | explained was the mechanism that was used to start the first process, > | which involved very machine-dependent work so that that code would do > | the job. > Is this code gone, then? Which source files contain this routine in FreeBSD > now? Looks like Nik already gave you pointers to both the source for the comment, and where that functionality appears to be now. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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