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Date:      Tue, 5 May 1998 06:41:14 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Jason Evans <jasone@canonware.com>
To:        "John S. Dyson" <dyson@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD vs NetBSD
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980505063829.17580B-100000@mozart.canonware.com>
In-Reply-To: <199805050520.AAA03775@dyson.iquest.net>

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On Tue, 5 May 1998, John S. Dyson wrote:
> We have had some interesting features in -current, but haven't been
> enabled due to a lack of NEED right now, including zero copy IN/OUT
> of the kernel (only out is implemented right now, but in is an equivalent
> problem to solve, and will probably reserve that for AIO, due to API issues.)
> This is fairly easy to do with our relatively clean VM code, where object
> sharing and the like are natural capabilities.

John, do you expect that AIO will make it into 3.0?  What are the as yet
unresolved issues with AIO?

Jason (who really needs to install -current on a machine)

Jason Evans
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