From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Dec 11 13: 1:42 2000 From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 11 13:01:40 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from homer.softweyr.com (bsdconspiracy.net [208.187.122.220]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8914837B404 for ; Mon, 11 Dec 2000 13:01:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (helo=softweyr.com ident=Fools trust ident!) by homer.softweyr.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 145a8D-0000DN-00; Mon, 11 Dec 2000 14:05:10 -0700 Sender: wes@FreeBSD.ORG Message-ID: <3A354185.22BCF762@softweyr.com> Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 14:05:09 -0700 From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr LLC X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.12 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jonas Bulow Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kqueue microbenchmark results References: <20001024225637.A54554@prism.flugsvamp.com> <39F6655A.353FD236@alumni.caltech.edu> <20001025115457.X28123@fw.wintelcom.net> <20001025170117.C87091@prism.flugsvamp.com> <20001207154925.A25785@walton.maths.tcd.ie> <3A30E115.CF7C76E8@newsguy.com> <3A31120E.3536F07D@alumni.caltech.edu> <3A3504DC.9273A77A@servicefactory.se> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Jonas Bulow wrote: > > Dan Kegel wrote: > ... > > Don't jump to conclusions. He's honestly trying to > > understand what the optimal interface would be. > > Let him catch up. Help him understand the requirements > > which motivated the kqueue design and why his proposed > > system call does not meet them. > > > > His role right now is to keep the kernel as simple as possible. > > You need to prove that his proposed interface is simpler than possible :-) > > A simple way to keep the kernel simple: > http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2000-12-09-013-20-NW-GN-KN Device drivers in Perl. What a spectacularly bad idea. ;^) -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message