From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 19 00:51:05 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8962337B401; Thu, 19 Jun 2003 00:51:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from puffin.mail.pas.earthlink.net (puffin.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.139]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F03B643F75; Thu, 19 Jun 2003 00:51:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tlambert2@mindspring.com) Received: from user-2ivfk2f.dialup.mindspring.com ([165.247.208.79] helo=mindspring.com) by puffin.mail.pas.earthlink.net with asmtp (SSLv3:RC4-MD5:128) (Exim 3.33 #1) id 19SuCG-0005od-00; Thu, 19 Jun 2003 00:51:04 -0700 Message-ID: <3EF16B25.71AED6DD@mindspring.com> Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 00:49:57 -0700 From: Terry Lambert X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Maxime Henrion References: <43720.1055971536@critter.freebsd.dk> <20030618231656.GW21011@elvis.mu.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ELNK-Trace: b1a02af9316fbb217a47c185c03b154d40683398e744b8a409b1f2b4d3da4298059f2bba2cb7f74b387f7b89c61deb1d350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c cc: walt cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Proof of concept patch for device rearrangement X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 07:51:05 -0000 I love English! Maxime Henrion wrote: > Giant is the big lock that protects the whole kernel that everyone is > trying to get rid of :-). We should just delete Giant. Then we can get rid of the whole kernel that everyone is trying to get rid of, since Ginat will no longer be protecting it... 8-) 8-). -- Terry