Re: Bloat? (khttpd)
Richard Gooch (rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca)
Thu, 23 Dec 1999 13:37:50 -0700
Zach Brown writes:
> On Thu, 23 Dec 1999, Marek Habersack wrote:
>
> > And... I'm sorry, but I can't find it - where actually IS phttpd
> > available?
>
> I've been cleaning it up and greatly increasing its capabilities over the
> last few weeks. I'll need real beta testers in a small number of weeks.
> Please toss me some mail if you have a high volume site and are
> willing to get your hands dirty.
>
> yes, I fall into the camp that doesn't like khttpd, I'll happily admit it.
> We do not want httpd parsing in kernel space, full stop. Ever looked at
> what is required to be a full 1.1 implementation? and yes, for true http
> performance you do want 1.1's streaming and multiplexing and such, even if
> its a pain.
>
> what we _do_ want is a nice API for doing async bulk file->file
> transfers. Thats all the meat of khttpd really is. We can get this
> with a bit of thinking and proper async io. This will happen in
> time.
Even without async bulk file->file support, how close do khttpd
performance do you think you can get with phhttpd?
> I'll have more meat for people soon.
Great.
Regards,
Richard....
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