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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au!news.apana.org.au!cantor.edge.net.au!news.teragen.com.au!news.access.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!rill.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!halon.vggas.com!not-for-mail 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 Lines: 19 Message-ID: <5fp6se$8l$3@halon.vggas.com> References: <5e6qd5$ivq@cynic.portal.ca> <5fjek4$gtm@cynic.portal.ca> <5fk1t1$3mq@web.nmti.com> <5fkk34$182@cynic.portal.ca> <5fmt0a$h12@web.nmti.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: uriel.vggas.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.8 (x86 32bit) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:163359 comp.os.linux.networking:71209 comp.os.linux.setup:101469 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:6253 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2750 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.