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Date:      Tue, 27 May 2008 06:37:49 +0000
From:      "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
To:        Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.org, arch@FreeBSD.org, Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>, Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org>, net@FreeBSD.org, "Bruce M. Simpson" <bms@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: HEAD UP: non-MPSAFE network drivers to be disabled (was: 8.0 network stack MPsafety goals (fwd)) 
Message-ID:  <45633.1211870269@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 27 May 2008 08:27:36 %2B0200." <20080527062736.GF64397@hoeg.nl> 

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In message <20080527062736.GF64397@hoeg.nl>, Ed Schouten writes:

>> >The new TTY layer should still support line disciplines, [...]
>> 
>> Actually...  I think it shouldn't.
>
>With the word `should' I meant that it would still be possible to
>implement multiple line disciplines with the mpsafetty code. But I
>really think line disciplines should go.

No, don't bother.  Remove the entire "abstraction" of linedisciplines.

>What should happen with the NETGRAPHDISC?

It should be done in userland if it is necessary at all.

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