From owner-freebsd-arch Mon Apr 10 20:29:36 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.204.136.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D48B537B791 for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2000 20:29:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id FAA06999 for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2000 05:29:34 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id FAA06839 for freebsd-arch@freebsd.org; Tue, 11 Apr 2000 05:29:30 +0200 (CEST) Received: from knecht.Sendmail.ORG (knecht.sendmail.org [209.31.233.176]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95EA937B541; Mon, 10 Apr 2000 20:28:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mckusick@flamingo.McKusick.COM) Received: from flamingo.McKusick.COM (root@flamingo.mckusick.com [209.31.233.178]) by knecht.Sendmail.ORG (8.10.0/8.10.0) with ESMTP id e3B3SXc85991; Mon, 10 Apr 2000 20:28:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from flamingo.McKusick.COM (mckusick@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by flamingo.McKusick.COM (8.9.3/8.9.0) with ESMTP id TAA26536; Mon, 10 Apr 2000 19:25:51 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200004110225.TAA26536@flamingo.McKusick.COM> To: Julian Elischer Subject: Re: BUF/BIO roadmap. Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp , arch@freebsd.org In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 10 Apr 2000 08:24:53 PDT." <38F1F245.2781E494@elischer.org> Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 19:25:51 -0700 From: Kirk McKusick Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG It is my understanding that the BSD/OS MP work will soon be considered for incorporation into FreeBSD. Part of that project will include the addition of interrupt threads. Assuming that they go in, it will not be necessary to have a devd process. Beyond that, I agree with Julians comments. Kirk McKusick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message