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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!serv.hinet.net!news.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.direct.ca!nntp.portal.ca!cynic.portal.ca!not-for-mail From: cjs@cynic.portal.ca (Curt Sampson) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Re: User-space file systems. (Re: Linux vs BSD) Date: 24 Feb 1997 18:34:10 -0800 Organization: Internet Portal Services, Inc. Lines: 16 Message-ID: <5etj32$3kh@cynic.portal.ca> References: <5e6qd5$ivq@cynic.portal.ca> <5ea4g4$r6e@web.nmti.com> <330DF6FD.41C67EA6@cuillin.org.uk> <stephenkE62DGo.6J5@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cynic.portal.ca Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:160896 comp.os.linux.networking:69826 comp.os.linux.setup:99431 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:6093 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2605 In article <stephenkE62DGo.6J5@netcom.com>, Stephen Knilans <stephenk@netcom.com> wrote: >In article <330DF6FD.41C67EA6@cuillin.org.uk> Guy Dawson <guy@cuillin.org.uk> writes: >> >>User mode is fine IFF you don't mind using the extra CPU resource. > >That is true under KERNEL mode TOO! The processing is NOT that complicated! Here's a clue: context and protection mode switch. cjs -- Curt Sampson cjs@portal.ca Info at http://www.portal.ca/ Internet Portal Services, Inc. Through infinite myst, software reverberates Vancouver, BC (604) 257-9400 In code possess'd of invisible folly.