From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 26 13:12:42 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 542AF16A4CE for ; Wed, 26 Nov 2003 13:12:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from fledge.watson.org (fledge.watson.org [204.156.12.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34E9943F85 for ; Wed, 26 Nov 2003 13:12:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from robert@fledge.watson.org) Received: from fledge.watson.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fledge.watson.org (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hAQLACMg020917; Wed, 26 Nov 2003 16:10:12 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from robert@fledge.watson.org) Received: from localhost (robert@localhost)hAQLACKH020914; Wed, 26 Nov 2003 16:10:12 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from robert@fledge.watson.org) Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 16:10:12 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Watson X-Sender: robert@fledge.watson.org To: Terry Lambert In-Reply-To: <3FC48829.D577A5FE@mindspring.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: FreeBSD-CURRENT Mailing List 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: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 21:12:42 -0000 On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Terry Lambert wrote: > I don't know what Matt is planning on delivering, but... > > http://developer.apple.com/darwin/projects/opendirectory/ > > [...] > lookupd is included with the Darwin project and is > documented online in Apple's Support database and > as part of Mac OS X and Darwin in the form of "man" > pages. > [...] Hmm. Are you offering to port Mach IPC to FreeBSD as well? :-) > FreeBSD has also been offered, at least three times, similar proxy code > from two universities, under BSD license. Can't speak to that, not having seen it. Got some pointers? I'm fine with the notion of using IPC-based directory services, but it's not simply a question of finding a tarball and committing it. There's no lack of standards, APIs, etc, to pick from. Since you're pointing at an Apple solution, it's worth pointing out that Apple has also been in flux on the topic of directory service APIs over the last two years, trying to move away from NetInfo and towards DirectoryServices. One of the things we're still trying to address for FreeBSD is how to fit into a world of distributed directory services where, until the last year or so, it's really been unclear what the most interoperable and easiest to manage solution would be. Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects robert@fledge.watson.org Network Associates Laboratories