just curious

Hiten Pandya hmp at FreeBSD.ORG
Thu Jul 17 12:37:33 PDT 2003


On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 11:57:19AM -0700, Matthew Dillon wrote:
> 
> :Hi Matt,
> :
> :
> :I Hope the project works out. It's ambitious but it
> :sounds promising!
> :
> :Do you plan to work toward something like a
> :microkernel-ish system? Some statements on the site
> :seem to implicate this.
> :
> :E.
> 
>     Well, the traditional definition of a microkernel has a lot of negative
>     connotations, which I blame on Mach.  DragonFly is definitely not going
>     to be a traditional microkernel but it will retain many of the better
>     qualities of a microkernel design.
> 
>     For example, DragonFly will use messaging heavily but the messaging will
>     be a light-weight design that is, by itself, incapable of transiting a

	Curious...

	Are you looking into backporting the Zero-Copy Sockets code
	available in FreeBSD-5.x into DragonFly, or do you have any
	interest in it?

	Cheers.
	
		-- Hiten (hmp at xxxxxxxxxxx)





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