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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!rain.fr!news.sprintlink.net!news-dc-9.sprintlink.net!news.interpath.net!bogus From: kpneal@interpath.com (Kevin P. Neal) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: TCP latency Date: Wed, 17 Jul 96 04:18:24 GMT Organization: It's a Bedroom--Not A Lab Lines: 25 Message-ID: <4shp9i$1ci@news.interpath.net> References: <31E6B8AB.3E6C@indy.celebration.net> <4s7j2r$blf@fido.asd.sgi.com> <31E7BD6F.167EB0E7@dyson.iquest.net> <4sfjm8$a04@news.swan.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: raleigh4-155.interpath.net X-Newsreader: News Xpress 2.0 Beta #0 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.networking:45485 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:4087 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:23787 In article <4sfjm8$a04@news.swan.ac.uk>, iialan@iifeak.swan.ac.uk (Alan Cox) wrote: >Well the last time I looked the VM works rather nicely now, it certainly >seems to work rather well (unlike 1.2). It also passes the portability test >in running on machines with 32 and 64bit architectures, as well as both >physical and various virtual caches, while I'm dubious the FreeBSD vm subsystem >will actually run well on a 64bit architecture - perhaps the NetBSD folk can >answer why they use the Mach VM layer not yours ? Uhhhhh, the FreeBSD VM system came *after* the NetBSD/4.4BSD one. The NetBSD folk haven't replaced the VM system yet, but are planning on a fairly large overhaul I believe. There is at least one person working on porting the FreeBSD VM system into NetBSD, but it's a large job and I don't know how that effort is coming along. Oh, and the FreeBSD guys don't seem to be interested in supporting "n" platforms. The NetBSD group supports "n" platforms, and the FreeBSD camp supports 1 platform well. It works out. -- XCOMM Kevin P. Neal, Sophomore, Comp. Sci. \ kpneal@interpath.com XCOMM "I said that? What else did I say?" \ kpneal@eos.ncsu.edu XCOMM -- Ross Smith, sober: June 29, 1996 / Perm. Email: XCOMM http://www4.ncsu.edu/~kpneal/www/ / kevinneal@bix.com