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Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 20:43:00 -0700
From: Jonathan Mini <j_mini@efn.org>
To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
Cc: bde@zeta.org.au, imp@rover.village.org, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG,
        pechter@lakewood.com, terry@lambert.org
Subject: Re: Boot file system idea! Slick
Reply-To: Jonathan Mini <j_mini@efn.org>
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Michael Smith stands accused of saying :
> Jonathan Mini stands accused of saying:
> > > 
> > > I can see people screaming about latency already.
> >
> > Well. My field is usally more sound and video and less netowrk
> > performance.  Every loss means less fps, and high timeouts for
> > streaming devices can cause ruined output. So, for me, the latency
> > isn't a big deal, more the amount of CPU cylces it takes. (thought
> > latency hurts often too)
> 
> Latency is just CPU cycles wasted on someone else's work 8)

  Too true.

> > > That'd be invaluable; there is a plethora of data that can be obtained
> > > from the BIOS, and it is senseless to try to reinvent the weel _if_
> > > it's possible to do it that way.
> > 
> >   Well, then. I will make sure I send my modifications into the FreeBSD core
> > team to be commited. I agree abotu BIOS having lots of useful info, I jsut
> > don't like its API.
> 
> As long as I get a copy too 8)

   Heh. =) 
> 
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