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 Message-ID: <19970724204300.14760@micron.efn.org> In-Reply-To: <199707240815.RAA15276@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>; from Michael Smith on Thu, Jul 24, 1997 at 05:45:32PM %2B0930 References: <19970724004216.19551@micron.efn.org> <199707240815.RAA15276@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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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. =) > > -- > ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ > ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ > ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ > ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ > ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[ -- Jonathan Mini (j_mini@efn.org) ... bleakness ... desolation ... plastic forks ...
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