Re: HEADS UP: network locking work going on

2003-08-19 Thread Don Lewis
On 19 Aug, Sam Leffler wrote: > Once the work on the lower layer is stable I'll be turning my attention to > the upper layers of the network and to IPv6 and NFS. There's plenty of > work to go around, so if you're interested in participating please let me > know. BTW, there is a buf vs. vnode

Re: HEADS UP: network locking work going on

2003-08-19 Thread Sam Leffler
Is there any consideration for running some hardware drivers with Giant while they are converted? I have seen no issues so far mixing drivers w/ and w/o Giant. But that won't be true once drivers stop inheriting Giant when entered "from the top". It's not clear to me that it's any more work to

Re: HEADS UP: network locking work going on

2003-08-19 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 03:59:27PM -0700, Sam Leffler wrote: > I'm actively working on improving the network performance of -current. 8bd8 88 Y8,,8P 88 Y8, ,8P 88 "8aa8" ,adPPYYba, 8b d8 88 `88' "" `Y