From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 15 10:08:46 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: arch@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68185106564A for ; Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:08:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from robert@fledge.watson.org) Received: from cyrus.watson.org (cyrus.watson.org [65.122.17.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18C538FC15 for ; Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:08:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from robert@fledge.watson.org) Received: from fledge.watson.org (fledge.watson.org [65.122.17.41]) by cyrus.watson.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C5D3446B2D for ; Sun, 15 Mar 2009 06:08:45 -0400 (EDT) X-Return-Path: X-Received: from cyrus.watson.org ([unix socket]) by cyrus.watson.org (Cyrus v2.3.13) with LMTPA; Sun, 15 Mar 2009 06:04:58 -0400 X-Sieve: CMU Sieve 2.3 X-Received: from mx2.freebsd.org (mx2.freebsd.org [69.147.83.53]) by cyrus.watson.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 306D146B0D for ; Sun, 15 Mar 2009 06:04:58 -0400 (EDT) X-Received: from hub.freebsd.org (hub.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::36]) by mx2.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AEA8161684; Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:04:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org) X-Received: from hub.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C9FC10656C8; Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:04:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org) X-Delivered-To: current@FreeBSD.org X-Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38FE3106564A; Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:04:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwatson@FreeBSD.org) X-Received: from cyrus.watson.org (cyrus.watson.org [65.122.17.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1421D8FC12; Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:04:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwatson@FreeBSD.org) X-Received: from fledge.watson.org (fledge.watson.org [65.122.17.41]) by cyrus.watson.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 98BF546B0D; Sun, 15 Mar 2009 06:04:29 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:04:29 +0000 (GMT) From: Robert Watson X-X-Sender: robert@fledge.watson.org To: current@FreeBSD.org, net@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <20080526110543.J26343@fledge.watson.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Errors-To: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org ReSent-Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:08:43 +0000 (GMT) ReSent-From: robert ReSent-To: arch@FreeBSD.org ReSent-Subject: Re: HEADS UP: IFF_NEEDSGIANT consumers to be disabled, removed (was: Re: Wiki page for non-MPSAFE network stack de-orbit scheduling) ReSent-Message-ID: ReSent-User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) Cc: Subject: Re: HEADS UP: IFF_NEEDSGIANT consumers to be disabled, removed (was: Re: Wiki page for non-MPSAFE network stack de-orbit scheduling) X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:08:46 -0000 On Mon, 16 Feb 2009, Robert Watson wrote: > 16 February 2009 HEADS UP to lists (this e-mail) > 01 March 2009 Disable build of all IFF_NEEDSGIANT drivers in 8.x Slightly delayed while USB NDIS was sorted out, I will be moving ahead with disabling the build of all IFF_NEEDSGIANT drivers in HEAD later today. > 01 April 2009 Remove all IFF_NEEDSGIANT drivers from 8.x And this date is probably going to remain about the same. Anyone who is interested is welcome to step in and update/fix drivers on the removal path at any time, and drivers can also be restored later easily if drivers are updated outside the tree as well. Thanks, Robert N M Watson Computer Laboratory University of Cambridge _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"