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Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 11:34:07 -0700
From: "Jeff V. Merkey" <jmerkey@timpanogas.org>
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Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 10:35:50AM -0700, Jeff V. Merkey wrote:
> > Wrong math.  That's 330 million dollars for each compat more each year to
> > fund more Linux development and make us all rich...
> 
> Speaking only for myself: on the technical side I don't think you can't be much
> faster than moving the performance critical services into the kernel and by
> skipping the copies (infact I also think that for fileserving skipping the
> copies and making sendfile to work and to work in zero copy will be enough).
> So I don't think losing robusteness this way can be explained in any technical
> way and no, it's not by showing me money that you'll convince me that's a good
> idea.
> 
> Andrea

This would help, but not as much as full ring 0.

Jeff

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