On 03/05/14 10:08, [email protected] wrote:
Anybody have any thoughts on how to achieve this?
Thanks.
O.D.
Lots of others have replied to this, but I'm going to jump in with
a few comments.
Probably the biggest reason OpenBSD will never be the fastest OS
around is the simple fact that when optimizing for speed, you
sacrifice other things. Like security. Security, or correctness, means
you are looking for the most reliable way to do something, not the
fastest. Mechanisms like pro-police (or a new name for it?) are
going to slow things down a little. I think Theo said that all the
security systems slow a system down by less than 5%. I believe
that. The effect isn't huge but some would call that too much.
Oh Well.
When something can be done more efficiently, it is. But not at
the cost of potential security problems. The MP code is a classic
case of something written that strives to avoid race conditions
at all costs. Me, I'd rather lose a few percent rather than have
a hole.
Lastly, I will remind you that the "fastest" OS compared to OpenBSD
is very likely less than 15%. Say its 25% even, and you could get
faster hardware to accomedate that.
In an era of ever increasing hardware speed, optimizing on anything
other than security and stability is foolish.
--STeve Andre'
