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From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development
Subject: Re: Notes on the *new* FreeBSD V1.1 VM system
Date: 24 Feb 1994 05:15:17 GMT
Organization: Weber State University, Ogden, UT
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In article <2kg1p5$t01@meatball.rwwa.com> witr@rwwa.com writes:
>Or what about a syscall that says ``I want this process to have its
>swapspace guaranteed, here is my credit card number''.  That would suit
>the database backends and their ilk, without gutting the statistical
>compromize of overcommiting.

To heck with the database server not dying!  Imagine the gleam in their
eyes when they are given the ability to say "Credit denied!".


					Terry Lambert
					terry@cs.weber.edu
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