Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 11:49:20 +0400 From: "Artem Koutchine" <matrix@itlegion.ru> To: "Xin LI" <delphij@frontfree.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Qustion about being "Giant-locked" Message-ID: <001f01c41bab$ae842570$0c00a8c0@artem> References: <C192C8912E798F4399668791C8965190674FD6@mx.hhp.local><009401c41ba5$3b000f70$0c00a8c0@artem> <20040406071205.GA2819@frontfree.net>
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>> While booting i see many drivers marked >> as [Giant-locked]. >> Is being Giant-locked good or bad what are the >> implications? >It's not good if you have a computer with multiple processors. Well, i do have dual xeon with HT (4 logical CPUs). Is there any way to fight giant-locked drivers or i just have to wait until the driver will be rewritten w/o Giant? Or there are some kernel options to disable Giant lock in the drivers? Regards, Artem
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