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From: JYoungman@vggas.com (James Youngman)
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: 7 Mar 1997 13:57:34 GMT
Organization: VG Gas Analysis Systems
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In article <5fmt0a$h12@web.nmti.com>, peter@nmti.com says...

>I understand that, and Linux hasn't got a generic userland file system
>interface anyway.

Atually, it does.

>These days the userland transition is not that big a deal. Hell, FreeBSD
>uses a userland PPP by default.

Well, since at the moment most people run PPP over modems, that just doesn't 
have the performance impact that a user-land NFS server might.   For PPP over 
USB or PRI ISDN it might be a worry, but still it's reasonable.

-- 
James Youngman       VG Gas Analysis Systems  The trouble with the rat-race 
Before sending advertising material, read     is, even if you win, you're 
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/47/227.html         still a rat.