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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!convex!convex!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!Germany.EU.net!news From: bs@Germany.EU.net (Bernard Steiner) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development Subject: Re: Notes on the *new* FreeBSD V1.1 VM system Date: 23 Feb 1994 11:59:39 +0100 Organization: EUnet Deutschland GmbH, Dortmund, Germany Lines: 12 Distribution: world Message-ID: <2kfcur$dd1@Germany.EU.net> References: <BcxpGux.dysonj@delphi.com> <MYCROFT.94Feb20102534@duality.gnu.ai.mit.edu> <CLL9J6.FCF@endicor.com> <2ke3ss$l0d@u.cc.utah.edu> <Ja4p+zR.dysonj@delphi.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: qwerty.germany.eu.net In article <Ja4p+zR.dysonj@delphi.com>, John Dyson <dysonj@delphi.com> writes: |> We might be able to come up with a compromise like the one the you have |> submitted (allow the kernel to have either behaviour.) How about (just a thought, so don't punch my nose if it doesn't work) adding some sort of system call that enables processes to tell the kernel "please don't kill me unless you are about to crash anyway" with maybe something like a priority so that pretty useless things like xfaces, xclock, etc get killed first. -Bernard