Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 09:19:50 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A new api for asynchronous task execution Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005150919120.47945-100000@salmon.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005150306090.632-100000@besplex.bde.org>
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On Mon, 15 May 2000, Bruce Evans wrote: > On Sun, 14 May 2000, Doug Rabson wrote: > > > On Sat, 13 May 2000, Amancio Hasty wrote: > > > > > Hi Doug! > > > > > > Great idea!! > > > > > > Say, how you thought of how to to map a system call such as open, > > > read,write, or close to your new system call? > > > > This api is not a system call at all. Its a new facility for use inside > > the kernel. > > Doesn't the "a" in api stand for "application"? It does but I always felt that the meaning of the word "application" was pretty loose... -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 20 8442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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