From owner-cvs-all Fri Nov 6 00:32:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA03974 for cvs-all-outgoing; Fri, 6 Nov 1998 00:32:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from implode.root.com (implode.root.com [198.145.90.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA03966; Fri, 6 Nov 1998 00:32:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from xroot@implode.root.com) Received: from implode.root.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by implode.root.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA13130; Fri, 6 Nov 1998 00:34:06 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199811060834.AAA13130@implode.root.com> To: Joseph Koshy 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 In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 06 Nov 1998 00:23:20 PST." <199811060823.AAA03217@hub.freebsd.org> From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1998 00:34:06 -0800 Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk >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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message