> The idea, basically, is to use an open flag (OJUMBO) to signal that two
> connections to the same server should be attempted.  

What's the advantage over fcp(1)? 9p can have numerous requests "in flight" at 
once to work around latency issues, but of all the user programs, fcp is 
probably the only one which takes advantage of this.

> If a second
> connection can be established, it is used for normal 9P transactions,
> while the first connection is used for large ("jumbo") writes.

How large is "jumbo"? I believe all the user programs have 8KB buffers at 
present; are you going to change them all?

I'm not negative about this; just raising the points.

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