Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 17:05:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au>, Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, Alfred Perlstein <alfred@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern uipc_socket.c uipc_socket2.c src/sy Message-ID: <200006212105.RAA41480@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <62543.961621090@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <00Jun22.065502est.115212@border.alcanet.com.au> <62543.961621090@critter.freebsd.dk>
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<<On Wed, 21 Jun 2000 22:58:10 +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> said: >> - You don't want your webserver paging or swapping - so most of the VM >> subsystem can be thrown away. >> - Since all processes are the server, most of the uid-based security >> mechanisms can be thrown out. >> - Dropping the distinction between userspace and kernel space removes >> the need to support ring-transitions (which are quite expensive). > ...and of course you want to write it in assembler so the C compiler > doesn't produce inefficient code. Does not follow. See also Exokernel. -GAWollman To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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