Re: Bloat? (khttpd)

Andi Kleen (ak@muc.de)
23 Dec 1999 14:01:20 +0100


dominik.kubla@uni-mainz.de (Dominik Kubla) writes:

> On Wed, Dec 22, 1999 at 05:58:16PM -0600, Dwayne C . Litzenberger wrote:
> > Does someone have Linus's take on why on earth he let something that
> > should definitely be in user-space (the httpd) into the kernel? It seems
> > absurd to me, and odd that Linus would allow it.
>
> Performance. The apache/khttpd combo beats the shit out of NT in most
> benchmarks.

No, it does not. What gives you that idea? The current khttpd has not
much advantage compared to a good user space server.

-Andi

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