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Date:      Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:39:18 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r191253 - head/sys/net
Message-ID:  <200904182039.n3IKdI2N086235@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: rwatson
Date: Sat Apr 18 20:39:17 2009
New Revision: 191253
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/191253

Log:
  Remove IFF_NEEDSGIANT interface flag: we no longer provide ifnet-layer
  infrastructure to support non-MPSAFE network device drivers.

Modified:
  head/sys/net/if.h

Modified: head/sys/net/if.h
==============================================================================
--- head/sys/net/if.h	Sat Apr 18 20:10:39 2009	(r191252)
+++ head/sys/net/if.h	Sat Apr 18 20:39:17 2009	(r191253)
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ struct if_data {
 #define	IFF_PPROMISC	0x20000		/* (n) user-requested promisc mode */
 #define	IFF_MONITOR	0x40000		/* (n) user-requested monitor mode */
 #define	IFF_STATICARP	0x80000		/* (n) static ARP */
-#define	IFF_NEEDSGIANT	0x100000	/* (i) hold Giant over if_start calls */
 
 /*
  * Old names for driver flags so that user space tools can continue to use
@@ -163,8 +162,7 @@ struct if_data {
 /* flags set internally only: */
 #define	IFF_CANTCHANGE \
 	(IFF_BROADCAST|IFF_POINTOPOINT|IFF_DRV_RUNNING|IFF_DRV_OACTIVE|\
-	    IFF_SIMPLEX|IFF_MULTICAST|IFF_ALLMULTI|IFF_SMART|IFF_PROMISC|\
-	    IFF_NEEDSGIANT)
+	    IFF_SIMPLEX|IFF_MULTICAST|IFF_ALLMULTI|IFF_SMART|IFF_PROMISC)
 
 /*
  * Values for if_link_state.



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