Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 13:15:05 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: gibbs@plutotech.com, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf files src/sys/dev/vx if_vx.c if_vxreg.h src/sys/i386/apm apm.c src/sys/i386/conf GENERIC files.i386 src/sys/i386/eisa 3c5x9.c aha1742.c aic7770.c bt74x.c eisaconf.c eisaconf.h if_fea.c if_vx_eisa.c src/sys/i386/i386 a Message-ID: <199709221915.NAA02205@rocky.mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199709221906.FAA26566@godzilla.zeta.org.au> References: <199709221906.FAA26566@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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Bruce Evans writes: > >Various BSDs. I chose not to implement a backwards compatibility interface > >as I'd have to allocate even more space to make it as efficient as the new > >one and updating client code is easy to do. It's a small price to pay for > > Wouldn't using the old interface for everything and hashing on (ftn, > arg) in untimeout() be efficient enough? I think it takes less space > than now - clients wouldn't need space for cookies. Setting the initial callouts would still be O(n), though how badly that effects things is still unknown. Nate ps. What I really would like to see if multiple timers/process. :) :)
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