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From: jdi@camelot..Berkeley.EDU (John Irwin)
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Subject: Re: NeXT machines are here: my current bug list
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Date: 21 Dec 88 23:43:48 GMT
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In article <3048@haven.umd.edu> louie@trantor.umd.edu (Louis A. Mamakos) writes:
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>No kernel objects, so it is impossible to rebuild kernel with a different
>configuration (e.g. changing value of tickadj)
>--
...

Speaking of which, has anyone else noticed that when booting the machine prints
"Allocating 16 buffers (.12 Mb)"?  On a Sun (OS<4.0) the "16" is the total
number of memory disk buffers.  I sure hope this isn't the case in Mach...
Anyone know if Mach uses the standard 4.[23]BSD buffer mechanism?

If it's really the total disk buffer pool this could be the cause for the
somewhat disappointing I/O performance.

	-- John