Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 16:11:54 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Cc: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org, freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SMP status of networking subsystem? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0301021609350.66236-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <15892.48858.553808.84435@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
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On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > Just a quick question.. Where do we stand on bringing the networking > subsystem out from under Giant? > > The mbuf system is soon to be safe, thanks to Alan Cox, so this allows > INTR_MPSAFE drivers. However, swi:net is still under Giant, as are > many of the important socket functions (sendto(), recvfrom(), etc). netgraph has been partly done for a while but I need to do some more to complete it.. I need to add an 'MP-safe' timer/callback fascility (that can be used instead of nodes rolling hteir own and I need a fascility to assit hardware-triggered events queue data to the netgraph part of themselves, (i.e. move under the netgraph umbrella). > > Thanks, > > Drew > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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