Date: Sun, 8 Mar 1998 00:29:29 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <dyson@FreeBSD.ORG> To: marcs@znep.com Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kernel wishlist for web server performance Message-ID: <199803080529.AAA02867@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980307214952.2799A-100000@alive.znep.com> from Marc Slemko at "Mar 7, 98 10:13:31 pm"
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Marc Slemko said: > > Decent kernel threads. > Definitely in FreeBSD V3.0. John Birrell and I are doing them. (I have been holding up progress, but will really be in 3.0). > > Async IO (AIO) stuff that works for sockets. > Definitely in FreeBSD V3.0. It is already in -current, modulo 1 or 2 minor bugs, and is already being used by a big database mfg. The FreeBSD AIO API works for every file descriptor, and optimizations can be added incrementally. > > A sendfile() (eg. HPUX 11.x) or TransmitFile (eg. WinNT) system call. > ???? More info ???? > > An efficient poll(). > Don't know. -- John | Never try to teach a pig to sing, dyson@freebsd.org | it just makes you look stupid, jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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