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From: thorpej@lestat.nas.nasa.gov (Jason R. Thorpe)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: NetBSD camp reaction to OpenBSD?
Date: 4 Dec 1995 02:16:16 GMT
Organization: Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation Project - NASA Ames
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In article <49lj23$kh3@park.uvsc.edu>,
Terry Lambert  <terry@lambert.org> wrote:
>ceharris@mal.com (Carl Harris) wrote:
>]
>] Maybe if we ignore it (OpenBSD) it will slip quietly into insignificance.
>
>i386 OpenBSD supports bounce buffers.  NetBSD should roll in
>the code.

There are a number of technical reasons why NetBSD hasn't integrated that
bounce buffer code, if I understand it's origins right.

That's the same reason that NetBSD doesn't use FreeBSD's bounce buffer
code.

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