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Date:      Sat, 1 Apr 2006 17:33:24 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>
To:        arch@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: netatm: plan for removal unless an active maintainer is found
Message-ID:  <20060401173217.N82503@fledge.watson.org>
In-Reply-To: <20060315004530.B5861@fledge.watson.org>
References:  <20060315004530.B5861@fledge.watson.org>

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On Wed, 15 Mar 2006, Robert Watson wrote:

> In order to begin to merge revised socket/pcb code, required to fix a number 
> of current races manifesting in the TCP code under load, and required for 
> breaking out the tcbinfo lock which is a significant bottleneck in high 
> performance TCP and multi-processor TCP scalability, I will disconnect 
> netatm and dependent components from the build on April 1, 2006.  At that 
> point, I will merge updated socket and pcb reference counting.

Per this e-mail (and the associated thread), socket/pcb reference counting 
changes have been committed that likely render netatm further disfunctional.

Robert N M Watson



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