Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 17:43:33 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: Rob Gallimore <howlingrooster@classicnet.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: solved my odd networking problem now a new interesting question Message-ID: <20030408054333.GA18556@grimoire.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <3E925731.3C47E738@classicnet.net> References: <3E925731.3C47E738@classicnet.net>
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On Mon, Apr 07, 2003 at 11:59:29PM -0500, Rob Gallimore wrote:
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> One question I did have was this... I have noticed that
> programs origionally intended to run on Linux, seem to run faster on
> FreeBSD under the "Linux Binary Compatibility" thing. Why is this?
The standard answer used to be was that FreeBSD had a better VM system,
resulting in a `slicker' system, even with the overhead of translating
Linux syscalls into FreeBSD syscalls; but I had thought that the Linux
VM system had improved since then...
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Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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