Re: Why khttpd is a bad idea (was a pointless argument about

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Fri, 18 Jun 1999 13:57:16 +0100 (BST)


> > > Apache 2.0 should be.
>
> "Should" isn't good enough, it will be nice to know, what kind of design
> will cause the performance to be increased so dramatically. So far all

The phhttpd design for one.

> > > BTW: the big issue with khttpd is a lack of genericness. Its a
> > > single problem single solution piece of code. There are lots and
>
> Any examples? All other protocols except NFS (that is already in kernel)

ftp, even finger, mp3 streaming. It also should scale better than a
khttpd would because it removes the killer thread/request problem.

Alan

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