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Date:      Mon, 11 Oct 1999 22:56:58 -0500
From:      Kris Kirby <kris@airnet.net>
To:        Randell Jesup <rjesup@wgate.com>
Cc:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: CAM-ification - documentation
Message-ID:  <3802B18A.45A8FB82@airnet.net>
References:  <ybuzoxs33gp.fsf@jesup.eng.tvol.net.jesup.eng.tvol.net>

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Randell Jesup wrote:
>         Ick.  Polling == bad.  Interrupts == good.  This isn't a single-
> tasking OS ala Win9x.  This goes double for SCSI drivers, which are
> inherently async and overlapped.

Does that mean polling == ungood++? (Woah, Orwell was actually ahead of
Ritchie? Or was Ritchie punning?)
-- 
Kris Kirby 
<kris@airnet.net>
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TGIFreeBSD... 'Nuff said.


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