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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!MathWorks.Com!yeshua.marcam.com!charnel!xmission!u.cc.utah.edu!cs.weber.edu!terry 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 Lines: 15 Message-ID: <2khd55$hkj@u.cc.utah.edu> References: <2ke3ss$l0d@u.cc.utah.edu> <Ja4p+zR.dysonj@delphi.com> <2kg1p5$t01@meatball.rwwa.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.weber.edu In article <2kg1p5$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 --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.