From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 25 13:54:29 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0CE716A4CE for ; Tue, 25 Nov 2003 13:54:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from gw.celabo.org (gw.celabo.org [208.42.49.153]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71AA543FDF for ; Tue, 25 Nov 2003 13:54:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nectar@celabo.org) Received: from madman.celabo.org (madman.celabo.org [10.0.1.111]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "madman.celabo.org", Issuer "celabo.org CA" (verified OK)) by gw.celabo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2FCB548A5; Tue, 25 Nov 2003 15:54:27 -0600 (CST) Received: by madman.celabo.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 8AE036D455; Tue, 25 Nov 2003 15:54:27 -0600 (CST) Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 15:54:27 -0600 From: "Jacques A. Vidrine" To: Matthew Dillon Message-ID: <20031125215427.GD54467@madman.celabo.org> Mail-Followup-To: "Jacques A. Vidrine" , Matthew Dillon , freebsd-current@freebsd.org, "M. Warner Losh" References: <20031125025621.453732A8FC@canning.wemm.org> <200311250311.hAP3BTCO075916@apollo.backplane.com> <20031125150700.GA48007@madman.celabo.org> <200311251950.hAPJoPoo080586@apollo.backplane.com> <20031125201421.GB54467@madman.celabo.org> <200311252039.hAPKdBfq080963@apollo.backplane.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200311252039.hAPKdBfq080963@apollo.backplane.com> X-Url: http://www.celabo.org/ User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i-ja.1 cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org cc: "M. Warner Losh" Subject: Re: 40% slowdown with dynamic /bin/sh X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 21:54:29 -0000 On Tue, Nov 25, 2003 at 12:39:11PM -0800, Matthew Dillon wrote: > My original opinion > still stands... you guys are using this issue as an excuse to basically > do away with static binaries, rather then fixing the real problem which > is an inability to dynamically load modules in a static binary. No, it is one of the issues that have been pushing FreeBSD (and most other modern UNIX systems, it seems) towards more dynamically linked components. The other issues have also been discussed on this list recently and in the pass. I'm not sure why this one draws such interest. (I participate in this thread only because I feel like I know a thing or two about the NSS details.) Cheers, -- Jacques Vidrine NTT/Verio SME FreeBSD UNIX Heimdal nectar@celabo.org jvidrine@verio.net nectar@freebsd.org nectar@kth.se