From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Derek Fawcus To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] x10 Message-ID: <20040406191753.C20708@edinburgh.cisco.com> References: <81132473206F3A46A72BD6116E1A06AE05617C@black.aprote.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: ; from rminnich@lanl.gov on Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 12:03:28PM -0600 Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 19:17:55 +0100 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 53774a60-eacd-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 12:03:28PM -0600, ron minnich wrote: > > yeah, well, just watch date(1) resolve 213 symbols sometime. to print > today's date. Including threaded posix libraries for dns. Yeah it's a pain in the arse. I tend to compile things static these days - using a dietlibc. > It's really > amazing, after we just saw Linus argue on this list how important TLB > fault minimization is, to see how inefficient so many things are on Linux. > They are so microbenchmark-driven that they oft-times miss the big > picture, I think. I suspect a lot of people ignore the costs and delays being added to user mode... After severly hacking a RH install I got a more or less comfortable environment on my laptop, and a not unreasonable boot time - so I never suspend, just shutdown... but the laptop'll be replaced soon, so time to battle again - that'll be when plan9 gets a tryout on it. DF