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Date:      Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:59:36 +0100
From:      =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To:        Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>
Cc:        arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Unmapped buffers: to be merged in several days
Message-ID:  <86k3pe1cl3.fsf@ds4.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <20130311091852.GR3794@kib.kiev.ua> (Konstantin Belousov's message of "Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:18:52 %2B0200")
References:  <20130311091852.GR3794@kib.kiev.ua>

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Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> writes:
> The ahci(4) and md(4) is converted to accept unmapped BIO requests.
> Other drivers and geom classes get the compat mapped BIOs, the
> transient mapping is established by the geom down thread. The KVA
> for the transient maping the carved from the buffer map, up to 10%
> of which is repurposed to the transient bio KVA. The hope is that
> the rest of drivers and geom classes will be converted to accept
> unmapped i/o shortly, making the transient map unused.

Could you briefly summarize what needs to be done to convert a driver?

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no



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