Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 00:43:35 -0700 From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> To: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org> Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: proposed changes to kern_switch.c and kern_synch.c Message-ID: <20020717074335.1DA923926@overcee.wemm.org> In-Reply-To: <20020716235216.B6785@iguana.icir.org>
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Luigi Rizzo wrote: > In order to make this work, it is convenient to have all > scheduler-specific functions and data structures in a > single file (kern_switch*.c), and generic support in > another one (kern_synch.c). I believe this was also the original > BSD design in partitioning the code between the two files. You would be mistaken there. kern_switch.c is new and has only existed very recently. kern_switch.c came about as a C implementation of code that used to be embedded inside i386/swtch.s. It has taken on a life of its own now though. :-/ Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@wemm.org; peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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