Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 15:50:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Brian Feldman <green@unixhelp.org> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@rush.net> Cc: chris@calldei.com, "Ronald G. Minnich" <rminnich@acl.lanl.gov>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: memory-based VFS Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9905071547530.93800-100000@janus.syracuse.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990507115148.7628V-100000@cygnus.rush.net>
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On Fri, 7 May 1999, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > On Fri, 7 May 1999, Chris Costello wrote: > > > On Fri, May 7, 1999, Ronald G. Minnich wrote: > > > The v9fs memory-based VFS, written by Aaron Marks, is available at > > > http://www.acl.lanl.gov/~rminnich/ > > > > Doesn't this do the same thing as MFS? > > Yes, but without the mount_mfs process kludge it seems to allow for > single copy, rather than double copy and extra context switches, it > uses kvm instead of a user process for backing store. So what would be wrong with using a swap-backed vn(4) and newfs/tunefs/ mounting it? > > My question, can/will this ever be backed by swap? Also, > doesn't this limit us to just kvm memory (much smaller than > total memory) ? > > -Alfred > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > Brian Feldman _ __ ___ ____ ___ ___ ___ green@unixhelp.org _ __ ___ | _ ) __| \ FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! _ __ | _ \ _ \ |) | http://www.freebsd.org _ |___)___/___/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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