Re: Preparations for ZD's upcoming Apache/Linux benchmark

Matthew Kirkwood (weejock@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk)
Tue, 8 Jun 1999 11:49:53 +0100 (GMT)


On Tue, 8 Jun 1999, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> > > Besides, it's (a) optional and (b) localized (doesn't mess around with
> > > any other kernel code). You wouldn't want it in a machine that wasn't
> > > a web server as its main function, that's for sure.
> >
> > Or was a real world web server.
>
> You could use it in conjunction with something like Apache to handle the
> static items -- images etc. Probably would work quite well.
>
> > But how does khttpd compare to Zab's phhttpd work, which is user space ?

Could someone point me to this?

> Well, for one thing, khttpd is purely hypothetical at this point :)

Not at all. See http://www.fenrus.demon.nl/

Matthew.

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