Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 09:21:37 +1000 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, <cvs-all@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/wi wi_hostap.c Message-ID: <20020501091926.B2902-100000@gamplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <200204302241.g3UMfab87030@harmony.village.org>
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On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Warner Losh wrote: > In message <20020501020252.W11154-100000@gamplex.bde.org> Bruce Evans writes: > > : This file also misuses splsoftclock. splsoftclock has different > : semantics in FreeBSD. Using it is at best a hack except in the one > : place where it has the correct semantics (in hardclock() in RELENG_4), > : and even in that place its use is dubious -- it only works right on > : some machines, not including i386's (so it is not used on i386's). > : Drivers should use a device-specific spl to mask softclock interrupts > : (splnet for network drivers). > > OK. I'm not understanding what you are saying here. Should I just > use splimp as well? The spl stuff is underdocumented at the moment. Use splnet instead of NetBSD's splsoftclock and splsoftnet. All spls mask timeouts, and splnet _is_ splsoftnet (NetBSD renamed it for consistency). Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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