Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 09:44:34 -0400 (EDT) From: Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com> To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: buffering in user space (was Heads up: block devices to disappear!) Message-ID: <199806251344.JAA27893@rtfm.ziplink.net> In-Reply-To: <199806242137.OAA17628@usr04.primenet.com> from "Terry Lambert" at "Jun 24, 98 09:37:52 pm"
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Terry Lambert once stated: => Just wondering, can't one do all the buffering one needs in user-space? => With, say, buffer or team? = =I agree; buffering should be done in user programs. = =Death to stdio! mi@rtfm:/tmp (558) nm /usr/lib/libc.so.3.1 | grep putchar 00009c80 T _putchar To the best of my knowledge, stdio is part of libc and thus lives in user-space already. Or is this because ANSI comittee is against implementing SMB servers in user space? I may very well be wrong, but stdio seems like a poor example. =After all, all it is is a bunch more code to write in very application, =instead of once, in the kernel. Not in every application, in one library. If that library does not exist already (I think, it does and is called -lc)... -mi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199806251344.JAA27893>