From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 10 04:37:22 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92BAA16A41F for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2005 04:37:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kirk@strauser.com) Received: from kanga.honeypot.net (kanga.honeypot.net [208.162.254.122]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A88543D45 for ; Thu, 10 Nov 2005 04:37:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kirk@strauser.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kanga.honeypot.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E4A1222401 for ; Wed, 9 Nov 2005 22:37:21 -0600 (CST) Received: from kanga.honeypot.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (kanga.honeypot.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 07076-12 for ; Wed, 9 Nov 2005 22:37:20 -0600 (CST) Received: from janus.daycos.com (janus.daycos.com [204.26.70.77]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by kanga.honeypot.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 754002204A6 for ; Wed, 9 Nov 2005 22:37:20 -0600 (CST) From: Kirk Strauser To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 22:37:14 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.2 References: <20051108232855.2d1b7df5.lists@yazzy.org> <437246C5.2030607@elischer.org> <1A496451-166E-46F1-8363-19F117156FEE@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <1A496451-166E-46F1-8363-19F117156FEE@mac.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1669947.6B3dHo9iMj"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200511092237.19062.kirk@strauser.com> X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at honeypot.net Subject: Re: Generic Kernel API X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 04:37:22 -0000 --nextPart1669947.6B3dHo9iMj Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday 09 November 2005 15:23, Charles Swiger wrote: > Of course, it's easier to say such things then to write the code, but > Apple has achieved pretty good results from the IOKit.=20 I'm really out of my depth here, but the one thing Apple seems to have=20 accomplished with IOKit is abysmal performance. When it no longer takes me= =20 four times longer to backup an iMac than a much slower FreeBSD machine with= =20 an older drive, I'll be more impressed with their technology. =2D-=20 Kirk Strauser --nextPart1669947.6B3dHo9iMj Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQBDcs5/5sRg+Y0CpvERArz1AJwJixzT5zUzO0xQQKji3H/jujNvgwCePytX +NQzzLrjjx74kLSGeGMTjPI= =kjSM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1669947.6B3dHo9iMj--