From owner-cvs-all Tue Mar 13 18: 4:42 2001 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from hand.dotat.at (sfo-gw.covalent.net [207.44.198.62]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B0AD37B71A; Tue, 13 Mar 2001 18:04:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fanf@dotat.at) Received: from fanf by hand.dotat.at with local (Exim 3.20 #3) id 14d0dz-000Ej7-00; Wed, 14 Mar 2001 02:04:07 +0000 Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 02:04:07 +0000 From: Tony Finch To: Garrett Wollman Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Core's function (was: The Project and onward [was: Re: cvscommit: src/sys/netinet ip_output.c]) Message-ID: <20010314020407.Y412@hand.dotat.at> References: <20010313121002.F59348@wantadilla.lemis.com> <3794.984471257@critter> <20010313104930.C60817@daemon.ninth-circle.org> <20010313133108S.jkh@osd.bsdi.com> <3AAEA353.B31800B5@originative.co.uk> <20010314104739.A50356@gurney.reilly.home> <20010314104739.A50356@gurney.reilly.home> <200103140142.UAA42549@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200103140142.UAA42549@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Organization: Covalent Technologies, Inc Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Garrett Wollman wrote: > >For example, no commercial (in the sense of non-toy) operating system >has made a serious stab at doing non-blocking synchronization. What does that mean in terms of simpler concepts? It sounds like a contradiction in terms to me... Tony. -- f.a.n.finch fanf@covalent.net dot@dotat.at HUMBER THAMES: NORTHWESTERLY BACKING SOUTHWESTERLY 6 OR 7, OCCASIONALLY GALE 8 IN HUMBER AT FIRST, DECREASING 4. SHOWERS. GOOD. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message