From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Nov 23 05:44:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA15742 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 05:44:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from www.scancall.no (www.scancall.no [195.139.183.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id FAA15734 for ; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 05:44:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Marius.Bendiksen@scancall.no) Received: from super2.langesund.scancall.no [195.139.183.29] by www with smtp id KFCFOFAJ; Mon, 23 Nov 98 13:43:30 GMT (PowerWeb version 4.04r6) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19981123144319.00a4d560@mail.scancall.no> X-Sender: Marius@mail.scancall.no X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 14:43:19 +0100 To: Joel Ray Holveck From: Marius Bendiksen Subject: Re: FreeBSD on i386 memory model Cc: Terry Lambert , dillon@apollo.backplane.com (Matthew Dillon), rnordier@nordier.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <86hfvuia7y.fsf@detlev.UUCP> References: <199811181842.KAA06180@apollo.backplane.com> <3.0.5.32.19981120103442.0099f460@mail.scancall.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >It would require changing libc to read the kernel config file. Do we >really want to mess with this? Unless it adds too much complexity, I'd say 'yes'. A major strength of FreeBSD is its speed. Increasing its speed, and ability to specificially utilize your platform, would widen our lead. --- Marius Bendiksen, IT-Trainee, ScanCall AS To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message