Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 21:59:34 -0500 (CDT) From: Denny White <dennyboy@cableone.net> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD smp Message-ID: <Pine.BSO.4.64.0606232157080.1576@badboybox.cableone.net> In-Reply-To: <20060623070711.04c5bf94@loki.starkstrom.lan> References: <1150853032.16507.1.camel@localhost> <0578D634449883E0B7478DE4@Paul-Schmehls-Computer.local> <Pine.BSO.4.64.0606202242570.6552@badboybox.cableone.net> <20060623070711.04c5bf94@loki.starkstrom.lan>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 22:51:46 -0500 (CDT) > Denny White <dennyboy@cableone.net> wrote: > >> Okay, might be off base here, so someone correct me if >> I'm wrong. Don't you also have to remove the following >> >> #ifdef SMP >> #ifndef COMPILING_LINT >> #error DEVICE_POLLING is not compatible with SMP >> #endif >> #endif >> >> from /usr/src/sys/kern/kern_poll.c ? >> >> You'll get an error part of the way through building >> the kernel otherwise, right? Like I said, that's the >> way I remember it. Just trying to save someone some >> unnecessary work. > Today Joerg Pernfuss wrote: > Obviously only if you have enabled device polling in your custom kernel > and know what you're doing. Defaulting to refuse to build polling on > SMP has its reason. While it is generally not a problem, the kernel / > userland ratio and statistics code might get messed up if I recall > an old posting from Luigi correctly. > > Joerg > -- > | /"\ ASCII ribbon | GnuPG Key ID | e86d b753 3deb e749 6c3a | > | \ / campaign against | 0xbbcaad24 | 5706 1f7d 6cfd bbca ad24 | > | X HTML in email | .the next sentence is true. | > | / \ and news | .the previous sentence was a lie. | > Yup, you're right. And I do have device polling enabled in the kernel. My bad. Open one mouth, extricate one foot. :-) Time for either a jolt or some sleep. GnuPG key : 0x1644E79A | http://wwwkeys.nl.pgp.net Fingerprint: D0A9 AD44 1F10 E09E 0E67 EC25 CB44 F2E5 1644 E79A -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (OpenBSD) iD8DBQFEnKqcy0Ty5RZE55oRAmcVAJ0RSZG8WtTCavx34HuRGXh0R/hPWACeJCyg 7ntC/WIi/T8bKBAkNPrgUWs= =1wiI -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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