Re: Why khttpd is a bad idea (was a pointless argument about

Marek Habersack (grendel@vip.net.pl)
Sun, 20 Jun 1999 14:23:01 +0200


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* Philip Blundell said:
> >You wouldn't need them if the server is in the kernel. At the very least,
> >there wouldn't be any need for wrapping the kernel calls with user-space
> >functions - again, conservation of space and time.
>=20
> If the handful of bytes it takes to wrap a syscall is a serious concern f=
or=20
> you then Linux is probably not the right platform for your application.
Hmm... I was talking about an embedded system where every byte is precious,
and every CPU clock saved on context switching is a win.

marek

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