Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 01:12:03 -0700 From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A new api for asynchronous task execution Message-ID: <200005140812.BAA46327@rah.star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 14 May 2000 09:09:19 BST." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005140908330.47945-100000@salmon.nlsystems.com>
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> 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. > I know that the API will be used by kernel routines such as device drivers;nevertheless, I think that the new kernel routine can be used to implement async system calls 8) Cheers -- Amancio Hasty hasty@rah.star-gate.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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