Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 09:45:35 -0600 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: Norbert Koch <NKoch@demig.de> Cc: "Freebsd-Hackers@Freebsd. Org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: await & asleep Message-ID: <42E65A9F.4010504@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <000001c591c5$2de9a980$4801a8c0@ws-ew-3.W2KDEMIG> References: <000001c591c5$2de9a980$4801a8c0@ws-ew-3.W2KDEMIG>
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Norbert Koch wrote: > Hello. > > The functions await() and asleep() in kern_synch.c > are marked as EXPERIMENTAL/UNTESTED. > Is this comment still valid? Does anyone have used > those functions successfully? Should I better not > use them in my device driver code for RELENG_4? > How do I correctly cancel a request (as I should do > according to the man page): "asleep (NULL, 0, NULL, 0)"? > > Any help appreciated. > > Norbert The await family was removed in 5.x and beyond, so trying to use them in 4.x will make your driver very unportable. There are better ways than await to handle delayed events. Scott
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