Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 10:36:39 +0200 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org> To: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@freebsd.org> Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/amd64/conf NOTES src/sys/i386/conf NOTES src/sys/pc98/conf NOTES Message-ID: <20050223083639.GA88262@ip.net.ua> In-Reply-To: <20050223075748.GB20887@cell.sick.ru> References: <200502230413.j1N4DBKH008870@repoman.freebsd.org> <20050223071246.GA73994@ip.net.ua> <20050223075748.GB20887@cell.sick.ru>
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--AqsLC8rIMeq19msA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 10:57:48AM +0300, Gleb Smirnoff wrote: > On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 09:12:47AM +0200, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > R> On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 04:13:11AM +0000, Tom Rhodes wrote: > R> > trhodes 2005-02-23 04:13:11 UTC > R> >=20 > R> > FreeBSD src repository > R> >=20 > R> > Modified files: > R> > sys/amd64/conf NOTES=20 > R> > sys/i386/conf NOTES=20 > R> > sys/pc98/conf NOTES=20 > R> > Log: > R> > According to kern_poll.c, you cannot use DEVICE_POLLING with SMP. = Add a > R> > commen about this in every NOTES file which lists DEVICE_POLLING. > R> > =20 > R> > PR: 46793 > R> > MFC: 1 day > R> > =20 > R> > Revision Changes Path > R> > 1.22 +1 -0 src/sys/amd64/conf/NOTES > R> > 1.1181 +1 -0 src/sys/i386/conf/NOTES > R> > 1.47 +1 -0 src/sys/pc98/conf/NOTES > R> >=20 > R> We have WIP patches that add the necessary locking into kern_poll.c. >=20 > Actually, the block with error can be safely removed from kern_poll.c bef= ore > we polish our patches. There is no problem running SMP + polling. Probabl= y, > there were some problems in the past. >=20 > I think the block can be removed now and MFCed before 5.4-RELEASE. I'm qu= ite > sure that our patches for Giant-less polling will not be MFCed soon. >=20 Take a look at http://info.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/polling/, the last paragraph on the page. I believe it still holds true these days. Cheers, --=20 Ruslan Ermilov ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer --AqsLC8rIMeq19msA Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCHECWqRfpzJluFF4RAvFYAJ0cLjEeMqCmPGd/w0agIRVnPq306wCglvsI qBNSzpbjWCS8yGKys5rdvBY= =BWd+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --AqsLC8rIMeq19msA--
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