> The original goal for 5.0 was to completely remove the Giant lock (and > do other cool SMP-related stuff). Eventually it was realized that this > was too big a goal to fully accomplish in 5.0 (albeit too late in the > process) and the goal was changed to do the basic framework for the new > SMP model; and lay the groundwork for "some things run under Giant for > now, and we'll remove it from them ASAP." That actually turned out to > last through 6, making 7 the realization of what 5.0 was supposed to be.
So you are saying that the Giant lock was completely removed in 7.0? 8.2 says: atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED] psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED] _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
