From owner-freebsd-arch Sun Mar 2 1:10:24 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8C3F37B401 for ; Sun, 2 Mar 2003 01:10:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [212.242.86.163]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2AB443F3F for ; Sun, 2 Mar 2003 01:10:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from phk@phk.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h229AIA6006041; Sun, 2 Mar 2003 10:10:19 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from phk@phk.freebsd.dk) To: "Alan L. Cox" Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Removal of ENABLE_VFS_IOOPT From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 01 Mar 2003 23:48:22 CST." <3E619B26.DF1E4FC7@imimic.com> Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2003 10:10:18 +0100 Message-ID: <6040.1046596218@critter.freebsd.dk> Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <3E619B26.DF1E4FC7@imimic.com>, "Alan L. Cox" writes: >Before I begin work on vm_object locking, I'd like to remove >ENABLE_VFS_IOOPT from the kernel sources. ENABLE_VFS_IOOPT was a >work-in-progress by John Dyson to perform zero-copy file system I/O. >Unfortunately, it still has some unresolved issues, and no one has taken >an active interest in fixing them. > >For the record, both Matt Dillon and Tor Egge have stated in public or >private e-mail that they favor removing it. >Unless I hear an objection, I intend to remove it in a few days. Kill it! -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message