From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 1 07:57:41 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5000937B401 for ; Tue, 1 Apr 2003 07:57:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from relay.pair.com (relay.pair.com [209.68.1.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 363DC43FB1 for ; Tue, 1 Apr 2003 07:57:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from silby@silby.com) Received: (qmail 42506 invoked from network); 1 Apr 2003 15:57:39 -0000 Received: from niwun.pair.com (HELO localhost) (209.68.2.70) by relay.pair.com with SMTP; 1 Apr 2003 15:57:39 -0000 X-pair-Authenticated: 209.68.2.70 Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 09:54:04 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Silbersack To: Yar Tikhiy In-Reply-To: <20030401131616.GA11282@comp.chem.msu.su> Message-ID: <20030401095201.O1612@odysseus.silby.com> References: <20030401123319.GA8399@comp.chem.msu.su> <32984.1049200665@critter.freebsd.dk> <20030401131616.GA11282@comp.chem.msu.su> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: Poul-Henning Kamp cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "Expensive timeout(9) function..." X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2003 15:57:41 -0000 On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, Yar Tikhiy wrote: > Thanks for your explanation! > > I hope this little thread will draw the attention of the > responsible or interested parties to the warnings ;-) > > -- > Yar The _tick routines are not easy to fix, FWIW. MII access functions are quite time consuming almost any way you look at it. Well, actually, I figured out a way to make them much faster, but it's been a few months since I looked at that patch, I guess I should pull it back up and post it somewhere... Mike "Silby" Silbersack