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Date:      Sat, 9 Dec 2000 09:45:21 +1030
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Jason Evans <jasone@canonware.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD SMP list <FreeBSD-smp@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/sys ipl.h
Message-ID:  <20001209094521.D53111@wantadilla.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <20001208150240.S2312@canonware.com>; from jasone@canonware.com on Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 03:02:40PM -0800
References:  <200012081039.eB8Ad2214309@freefall.freebsd.org> <20001209091057.H37171@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20001208150240.S2312@canonware.com>

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On Friday,  8 December 2000 at 15:02:40 -0800, Jason Evans wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 09:10:57AM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote:
>> On Friday,  8 December 2000 at  2:39:02 -0800, Jake Burkholder wrote:
>>> jake        2000/12/08 02:39:02 PST
>>>
>>>   Modified files:
>>>     sys/sys              ipl.h
>>>   Log:
>>>   Remove unused declarations for spending and sdelayed, and remove unused
>>>   #defines for bits corresponding to pending interrupts.  Yay threads!
>>
>> I'm a bit concerned about the pace of change in this code.  We have
>> significant problems in the current kernel (for example, I haven't
>> been able to complete a make world for a week now, because the system
>> goes catatonic).  We should be looking for these problems, difficult
>> as it may be, not moving on.
>
> Greg, "this code" is a bunch of unused cpp macros.  How are you
> concerned that this might further increase instability?  

It's certainly not increasing the stability.

> Just because there are existing known bugs doesn't mean that commits
> should unilaterally stop.

No, but as far as I can tell nobody's looking for the ones we have.

Greg
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