Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 20:15:17 +0000 From: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Cc: "Kelly Yancey" <kbyanc@alcnet.com>, <crandall@matchlogic.com>, <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: RE: Overcommit and calloc() Message-ID: <l0302092db3ba88f98f68@[194.32.164.2]> In-Reply-To: <199907201754.KAA06018@apollo.backplane.com> References: <l0302092bb3ba6fac9d72@[194.32.164.2]>
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Hi again, At 10:54 am -0700 20/7/99, Matthew Dillon wrote: [...] > It should also be noted that unless your system is entirely cpu-bound, > there is no cost to the kernel to zero memory because it pre-zero's > pages in its idle loop. Thanks to distributed.net, SETI. et al, idle cycles are fast going out of fashion. -- Bob Bishop (0118) 977 4017 international code +44 118 rb@gid.co.uk fax (0118) 989 4254 between 0800 and 1800 UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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