Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 10:52:48 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DISCUSS: system open file table Message-ID: <199704040122.KAA16028@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199704032328.QAA17735@phaeton.artisoft.com> from Terry Lambert at "Apr 3, 97 04:28:39 pm"
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Terry Lambert stands accused of saying: > > I would like to suggest functionally seperating process descriptor > management from system open file table management. > > The purpose of this seperation would be to provide for the > possibility of entries in the system open file table which do > not exist in a per process open file table anywhere. One could suggest that, as an alternative, one treated the kernel as a process (or possibly create another kernel process which exists solely to own files on the kernel's behalf). I make no judgement as to whether this is a "better" approach. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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