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Date:      Fri, 06 Nov 1998 00:34:06 -0800
From:      David Greenman <dg@root.com>
To:        Joseph Koshy <jkoshy@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        cvs-committers@hub.freebsd.org, cvs-all@hub.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf options param.c src/sys/kern init_sysent.c syscalls.c syscalls.master uipc_syscalls.c src/sys/sys mbuf.h socket.h socketvar.h syscall-hide.h syscall.h syscall.mk sysproto.h src/sys/vm vm_object.c 
Message-ID:  <199811060834.AAA13130@implode.root.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 06 Nov 1998 00:23:20 PST." <199811060823.AAA03217@hub.freebsd.org> 

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>Slight change of topic: 
>
>Has anyone looked at Chuck Cranor's UVM (currently in NetBSD?).  I think I
>remember some of the NetBSD folks touting UVM as a more general solution to
>the multiple-copy problem in the kernel.
>
>I did browse Chuck's Phd thesis but folding in UVM to FreeBSD
>is currently beyond my skill level in the kernel.

   I haven't, but FreeBSD has the necessary infrastructure to do zero-copy
type things, so I don't really see how UVM is relevant. (various politically
sensitive arguments about why FreeBSD's VM system is superior to everything
else elided)

-DG

David Greenman
Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project

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