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Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 08:57:48 +0200
From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
To: Maxime Henrion <mux@FreeBSD.ORG>
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Subject: Re: Proof of concept patch for device rearrangement
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On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 01:16:56AM +0200, Maxime Henrion wrote:
> walt wrote:
> > Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> > 
> > >I have uploaded a proof of concept patch:
> > >
> > >	http://phk.freebsd.dk/patch/fd_dev.patch
> > 
> > 
> > >...And with this code enabled, it is possible to go from userland to
> > >device driver without touching Giant underway.
> > 
> > I'm sorry, I can't parse that last sentence.  Could you explain in
> > 25 words or less (or 3 lines of code) what it means?
> > 
> > 'Giant' is the lock that Alan is trying to get rid of?
> 
> Giant is the big lock that protects the whole kernel that everyone is
> trying to get rid of :-).

Get rid of the lock that is ;-)

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