From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 14 05:47:02 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B93E16A418 for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:47:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from icantthinkofone@charter.net) Received: from mtao01.charter.net (mtao01.charter.net [209.225.8.186]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F4F413C45B for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:46:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from icantthinkofone@charter.net) Received: from aarprv06.charter.net ([10.20.200.76]) by mtao01.charter.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.00 201-2186-121-20061213) with ESMTP id <20071114054645.BXIW18969.mtao01.charter.net@aarprv06.charter.net> for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:46:45 -0500 Received: from robs-laptop.com ([71.85.241.27]) by aarprv06.charter.net with ESMTP id <20071114054645.XENK14098.aarprv06.charter.net@robs-laptop.com> for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:46:45 -0500 Message-ID: <473A8BC4.6000005@charter.net> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:46:44 -0600 From: icantthinkofone User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Chzlrs: 0 Subject: FreeBSD cache memory allocation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:47:02 -0000 Someone I can't stand said this about FreeBSD. Though I know C, I don't know anything about it and would love to respond. [QUOTE]The kernel is really lacking some features. They need a method to set precise type of memory cache but BSD doesn't provide way to specify memory cache. For that reason MS has the beautiful MmAllocateContigousMemorySpecifyCache()[/QUOTE]