Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 10:58:01 -0800 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: "Alan L. Cox" <alc@imimic.com>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Removal of ENABLE_VFS_IOOPT Message-ID: <20030302185801.GA36138@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <3E624133.8FB21AA6@mindspring.com> References: <3E619B26.DF1E4FC7@imimic.com> <3E624133.8FB21AA6@mindspring.com>
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On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 09:36:51AM -0800, Terry Lambert wrote: > "Alan L. Cox" wrote: > > Before I begin work on vm_object locking, I'd like to remove > > ENABLE_VFS_IOOPT from the kernel sources. ENABLE_VFS_IOOPT was a > > work-in-progress by John Dyson to perform zero-copy file system I/O. > > Unfortunately, it still has some unresolved issues, and no one has taken > > an active interest in fixing them. > > > > For the record, both Matt Dillon and Tor Egge have stated in public or > > private e-mail that they favor removing it. > > Unless I hear an objection, I intend to remove it in a few days. > > Here's an idea... ask John Dyson about it. > From John's comments in c.u.b.f.m, I doubt he follows the kernel development in 5.0 close enough to make any recommendation without studying the code. I further suspect that John would not want to spend the time require. -- Steve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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