From owner-freebsd-arch Thu Oct 26 23:20: 9 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from lucifer.ninth-circle.org (lucifer.bart.nl [194.158.168.74]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D55F37B4CF; Thu, 26 Oct 2000 23:20:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from asmodai@localhost) by lucifer.ninth-circle.org (8.11.0/8.11.0) id e9R6K2E55053; Fri, 27 Oct 2000 08:20:02 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from asmodai) Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 08:20:02 +0200 From: Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven To: John Baldwin Cc: arch@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man9 spl.9 SPLASSERT.9 CONDSPLASSERT.9 Message-ID: <20001027082002.C54812@lucifer.bart.nl> Reply-To: arch@FreeBSD.org References: <200010262330.QAA93801@freefall.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200010262330.QAA93801@freefall.freebsd.org>; from jhb@FreeBSD.org on Thu, Oct 26, 2000 at 04:30:03PM -0700 Organisation: VIA Net.Works The Netherlands Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG -On [20001027 01:35], John Baldwin (jhb@FreeBSD.org) wrote: > Modified files: > share/man/man9 spl.9 SPLASSERT.9 CONDSPLASSERT.9 > Log: > Add a note that the spl() API is deprecated in favor of mutexes. Which reminds me, please ignore my lack of mutex clue, don't we need apropriate MUTEXASSERT.9/CONDMUTEXASSERT.9 functions and subsequently manpages? Or do mutexes work so much differently from spls? So more background is appreciated, pointers, reply, whatever, so that I can expand this in the docs. -- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven Network- and systemadministrator VIA Net.Works The Netherlands BSD: Technical excellence at its best http://www.via-net-works.nl A friend is a single soul dwelling in two bodies... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message