Re: await & asleep

2005-07-27 Thread M. Warner Losh
In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Scott Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : > and the priority argument of tsleep() doesn't have any meaning : > any longer, right? : > : : I thought it did, but John can give the definitive answer. Priority is still useful. It is the same priority that

Re: await & asleep

2005-07-27 Thread Daniel Eischen
On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Scott Long wrote: > Daniel Eischen wrote: > > > > > My mistake then. I thought they were deprecated when mutex and > > CVs were introduced. There is no need for them except for compatability, > > Incorrect. A mutex is not a replacement for sleep. CV's and semaphores > impl

Re: await & asleep

2005-07-27 Thread Scott Long
Daniel Eischen wrote: On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Scott Long wrote: Daniel Eischen wrote: On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Norbert Koch wrote: The functions await() and asleep() in kern_synch.c are marked as EXPERIMENTAL/UNTESTED. Is this comment still valid? Does anyone have used those functions successf

Re: await & asleep

2005-07-27 Thread Daniel Eischen
On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Scott Long wrote: > Daniel Eischen wrote: > > On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Norbert Koch wrote: > > > > > The functions await() and asleep() in kern_synch.c > are marked as EXPERIMENTAL/UNTESTED. > Is this comment still valid? Does anyone have used > those functions suc

Re: await & asleep

2005-07-27 Thread Scott Long
Daniel Eischen wrote: On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Norbert Koch wrote: The functions await() and asleep() in kern_synch.c are marked as EXPERIMENTAL/UNTESTED. Is this comment still valid? Does anyone have used those functions successfully? Should I better not use them in my device driver code for RELE

RE: await & asleep

2005-07-27 Thread Daniel Eischen
On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Norbert Koch wrote: > > > The functions await() and asleep() in kern_synch.c > > > are marked as EXPERIMENTAL/UNTESTED. > > > Is this comment still valid? Does anyone have used > > > those functions successfully? Should I better not > > > use them in my device driver code for

RE: await & asleep

2005-07-26 Thread Norbert Koch
> > The functions await() and asleep() in kern_synch.c > > are marked as EXPERIMENTAL/UNTESTED. > > Is this comment still valid? Does anyone have used > > those functions successfully? Should I better not > > use them in my device driver code for RELENG_4? > > How do I correctly cancel a request (a

Re: await & asleep

2005-07-26 Thread Scott Long
Norbert Koch wrote: Hello. The functions await() and asleep() in kern_synch.c are marked as EXPERIMENTAL/UNTESTED. Is this comment still valid? Does anyone have used those functions successfully? Should I better not use them in my device driver code for RELENG_4? How do I correctly cancel a requ