[9fans] advanced core Linux kernel features not in plan9

2014-06-06 Thread Yoann Padioleau
Hi, I was curious to know which core features of the Linux kernel are not implemented in the plan9 kernel. By core I mean that I know plan9 does not have all the drivers, filesystems, buses, etc Linux has, but it has many of its core features (virtual memory, paging, swapping, demand loading,

Re: [9fans] advanced core Linux kernel features not in plan9

2014-06-06 Thread erik quanstrom
I was curious to know which core features of the Linux kernel are not implemented in the plan9 kernel. By core I mean that I know plan9 does not have all the drivers, filesystems, buses, etc Linux has, but it has many of its core features (virtual memory, paging, swapping, demand loading,

Re: [9fans] advanced core Linux kernel features not in plan9

2014-06-06 Thread cinap_lenrek
theres a kernel file cache for cached mounts (see the -C option), tho its broken in labs plan9. pages of executables are cached. the disk fileservers implement a buffer cache to avoid going to disk and do lazy writing out dirty filesystem blocks. plan9 is a distributed system. the disk