On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 01:16:56AM +0200, Maxime Henrion wrote: > walt wrote: > > Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > > > >I have uploaded a proof of concept patch: > > > > > > http://phk.freebsd.dk/patch/fd_dev.patch > > > > > > >...And with this code enabled, it is possible to go from userland to > > >device driver without touching Giant underway. > > > > I'm sorry, I can't parse that last sentence. Could you explain in > > 25 words or less (or 3 lines of code) what it means? > > > > 'Giant' is the lock that Alan is trying to get rid of? > > Giant is the big lock that protects the whole kernel that everyone is > trying to get rid of :-).
Get rid of the lock that is ;-) -- | / o / /_ _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
