Sys V kernel bss is a HOG!!!

[shz at desoto.UUCP]

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> However, I am curious as to why the system V kernel has such a large
> bss size compared to the bsd kernel (410KB vs. 70KB).

I believe the SV kernel statically allocates its bufs (NBUF of them)
while the BSD kernel dynamically allocates them at boot (malloc, tmalloc,
or some such BSD kernel memory allocation routine).

Seth

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