Re: 2 kernel questions

[David Rhodus <sdrhodus@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 20:59:25 +0000, Jonathon McKitrick
<jcm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 1.  What is the best way to stress-test the ata driver?  buildworld seems to
> be CPU-bound rather than I/O-bound.
> 
while (1)
tar zxvf ports.tar.gz && rm -rf ports
end

> 2.  Is there anything to be gained by reading 'Design and Implementation of
> the 4.4BSD Operating System' to get a feel for DFly's background?

For the most part no.

-- 
                                            -David
                                            Steven David Rhodus
                                            <drhodus@xxxxxxxxxxx>