Date: Thu, 9 May 1996 16:43:15 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net> To: craig@ProGroup.COM (Craig Shaver) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: inn & mmap Message-ID: <199605092143.QAA00758@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <199605092047.NAA09031@seabass.progroup.com> from "Craig Shaver" at May 9, 96 01:47:36 pm
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> > > > > > >>>>> Cove Schneider <cove@brazil.nbn.com> writes: > > > > > > Has any one run into any problems with inn using mmap under 2.1? > > > > Apparently there is a problem with mmap and inn on 2.1. The workaround > > is - don't use mmap. Fortunately FreeBSD's VM system is very good, so > > it won't cause much of a performance hit if you don't use mmap. > > > > Can you expand on this? Where did you get the information about mmap > on FreeBSD causing problems with innd? Is this a problem with the > FreeBSD implementation of mmap or is innd doing something wrong? > i.e., can it be fixed? > > Thanks for the info, I will reconfigure innd and reinstall. > I have been trying to simulate the problem (I have studied the active file mmap code in INND), to no avail. Additionally, there are other OSes that fully implement mmap that have problems with INND. I really don't know where to look -- if ANYONE can simulate the problem, I would appreciate it. John
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