From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 5 May 2014 22:35:37 -0400 Message-ID: From: yan cui To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf3036391d65159804f8b21a82 Subject: Re: [9fans] [GSOC] fast kernel compile Topicbox-Message-UUID: de94c496-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --20cf3036391d65159804f8b21a82 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Thanks Charles for the quick reply! It is really interesting. Believe I can find more interesting things after digging deeper. Yan 2014-05-05 22:19 GMT-04:00 Charles Forsyth : > > On 6 May 2014 03:13, yan cui wrote: > >> Instead of digging much into the kernel code, I post the question here. >> Does the speed come from its good design or insufficient kernel support? > > > it's a bit of both: the compiler suite is much faster; the kernel source > is less than the size of their include files; old drivers and obsolete code > is eventually discarded; and it would be fair to say that device support is > more limited, certainly compared to Linux. > -- Think big; Dream impossible; Make it happen. --20cf3036391d65159804f8b21a82 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Thanks Charles for the quick reply! It is really inte= resting.
Believe I can find more interesting things after digging deepe= r.


Yan




2014-05= -05 22:19 GMT-04:00 Charles Forsyth <charles.forsyth@gmail.com= >:
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On 6 May 2014 03:13, yan cui= <ccuiyyan@gmail.com> wrote:
Instead of digging much into the kernel code, I post the question here. Do= es the speed come from its good design or insufficient kernel support?

it's a bit of both: the compiler suite is much = faster; the kernel source is less than the size of their include files; old= drivers and obsolete code is eventually discarded; and it would be fair to= say that device support is more limited, certainly compared to Linux.



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