From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 21 12:46:17 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 EB490106566B for ; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 12:46:17 +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 98FB68FC0C for ; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 12:46:17 +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 54E1246B0D for ; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 08:46:17 -0400 (EDT) X-Return-Path: X-Received: from cyrus.watson.org ([unix socket]) by cyrus.watson.org (Cyrus v2.3.13) with LMTPA; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:20:36 -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 29E8746B0D for ; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:20:36 -0400 (EDT) X-Received: from hub.freebsd.org (hub.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::36]) by mx2.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AAC020450B; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:20:18 +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 BFB551065738; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:20:16 +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 E19FC106564A; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:20:04 +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 BCB2E8FC17; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:20:04 +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 60A3446B0D; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:20:04 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:20:04 +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: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 12:46:14 +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: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 12:46:18 -0000 On Mon, 16 Feb 2009, Robert Watson wrote: > The following schedule is proposed, assuming nothing goes horribly wrong > with the new USB code in the next few weeks, and remaining nits relating to > USB network and 802.11 drivers are handled: > > 16 February 2009 HEADS UP to lists (this e-mail) > 01 March 2009 Disable build of all IFF_NEEDSGIANT drivers in 8.x > 01 April 2009 Remove all IFF_NEEDSGIANT drivers from 8.x Just a teminder that 1 April is gradually approaching. At that point I will remove from the tree the various non-MPSAFE network device drivers that are already disconnected from the build, incuding if_sl, if_ppp, if_ar, and the old USB ethernet drivers. 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"