RE: Zero Copy, FreeBSD and Linus Torvalds opinion

2006-05-01 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
The GPL that's on Linux is far more of a downside than any VM games. Ted >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Iantcho >Vassilev >Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 2:09 PM >To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; FreeBSD Questions >Subject: Zero Copy, Free

Re: Zero Copy, FreeBSD and Linus Torvalds opinion

2006-05-01 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
On May 1, 2006, at 3:21 AM, Thomas Dickey wrote: On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 10:04:22PM -0700, Frank Mayhar wrote: "It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak, and remove all doubt." Given the tone of the recent discussions, it's apparent you're referring to the com

Re: Zero Copy, FreeBSD and Linus Torvalds opinion

2006-05-01 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 10:04:22PM -0700, Frank Mayhar wrote: > "It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak, and > remove all doubt." Given the tone of the recent discussions, it's apparent you're referring to the comments on this list. -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisib

Re: Zero Copy, FreeBSD and Linus Torvalds opinion

2006-04-30 Thread David Stanford
Well quoted. -David On 5/1/06, Frank Mayhar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, 2006-05-01 at 00:09 +0300, Iantcho Vassilev wrote: > "incompetent idiots." quote > > What do you think about it? "It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak, and remove all doubt." -- Frank

Re: Zero Copy, FreeBSD and Linus Torvalds opinion

2006-04-30 Thread Frank Mayhar
On Mon, 2006-05-01 at 00:09 +0300, Iantcho Vassilev wrote: > "incompetent idiots." quote > > What do you think about it? "It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak, and remove all doubt." -- Frank Mayhar [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.exit.com/ Exit Consulting

Re: Zero Copy, FreeBSD and Linus Torvalds opinion

2006-04-30 Thread jdow
From: "Scott Long" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Iantcho Vassilev wrote: Hello guys, in bsdnews.com i found this link http://kerneltrap.org/node/6506 and particulary this: "I claim that Mach people (and apparently FreeBSD) are incompetent idiots. Playing games with VM is bad. memory copies are _also_

Re: Zero Copy, FreeBSD and Linus Torvalds opinion

2006-04-30 Thread Scott Long
Iantcho Vassilev wrote: Hello guys, in bsdnews.com i found this link http://kerneltrap.org/node/6506 and particulary this: "I claim that Mach people (and apparently FreeBSD) are incompetent idiots. Playing games with VM is bad. memory copies are _also_ bad, but quite frankly, memory copies oft

Re: Zero Copy, FreeBSD and Linus Torvalds opinion

2006-04-30 Thread Iantcho Vassilev
My first impression was as of Kip... But i think Linus attitude isn`t very perfect The big guy is showing muscles... On 5/1/06, Kip Macy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The implementation is > 7 years old, not used by default, and was intended for a specific application. There really isn't

Re: Zero Copy, FreeBSD and Linus Torvalds opinion

2006-04-30 Thread Kip Macy
The implementation is > 7 years old, not used by default, and was intended for a specific application. There really isn't much to say. -Kip On 4/30/06, Iantcho Vassilev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello guys, in bsdnews.com i found this link http://kerneltrap.org/node/6506 and particulary t

Re: Zero Copy, FreeBSD and Linus Torvalds opinion

2006-04-30 Thread Wilko Bulte
On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 12:09:29AM +0300, Iantcho Vassilev wrote.. > Hello guys, > > > in bsdnews.com i found this link http://kerneltrap.org/node/6506 and > particulary this: > > "I claim that Mach people (and apparently FreeBSD) are incompetent idiots. > Playing games with VM is bad. memory co