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Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 13:27:14 -0800
From: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org>
To: Sam Leffler <sam@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/an if_an.c if_anreg.h src/sys/dev/bfe
	if_bfe.c src/sys/dev/my if_my.c src/sys/dev/owi if_owi.c if_wivar.h
	src/sys/dev/re if_re.c src/sys/dev/wl if_wl.c src/sys/pci if_dc.c
	if_dcreg.h if_pcn.c if_pcnreg.h if_rl.c ...
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On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 11:00:33AM -0800, Sam Leffler wrote:
> sam         2003/11/14 11:00:33 PST
...
>   Log:
>   Drop the driver lock around calls to if_input to avoid a LOR when
>   the packets are immediately returned for sending (e.g.  when bridging
>   or packet forwarding).  There are more efficient ways to do this
>   but for now use the least intrusive approach.

the number of places that this commit had to touch makes me
wonder whether it wouldn't be better to include somehow
these calls into the if_input routine somehow...

	cheers
	luigi