On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 11:33:18AM +0000, Robert Watson wrote: > > Dear all: > > As you know, I've been gradually working to eliminate all non-MPSAFE > network device driver infrastructure for 8.0, having removed non-MPSAFE > network protocol infrastructure in 7.0. In reviewing remaining drivers > using IFF_NEEDSGIANT, I spotted this in the NDIS code: > > 718 if_initname(ifp, device_get_name(dev), device_get_unit(dev)); > 719 ifp->if_mtu = ETHERMTU; > 720 ifp->if_flags = IFF_BROADCAST | IFF_SIMPLEX | IFF_MULTICAST; > 721 if (sc->ndis_iftype == PNPBus) > 722 ifp->if_flags |= IFF_NEEDSGIANT; > 723 ifp->if_ioctl = ndis_ioctl; > 724 ifp->if_start = ndis_start; > 725 ifp->if_init = ndis_init; > > Having taken a glance, it looks like this was added specifically to support > USB devices attached via NDIS.
AFAIK all of usb wireless drivers had it so I couldn't avoid it when I had implemented. > With the new USB code, are NDIS drivers still supported? I think that it would be supported at 8.0 > And in the new world order, is this IFF_NEEDSGIANT still required? Probably we can remove the IFF_NEEDSGIANT flags at the new USB code. > Can I simply remove it once the old USB code is on the way out the > door? IMHO yes I think. > (Note that the plan is to remove all device drivers that still require > IFF_NEEDSGIANT some time before 8.0, probably starting with disabling them > from the build in about 2-3 weeks). regards, Weongyo Jeong _______________________________________________ freebsd-usb@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-usb To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-usb-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
