Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:21:00 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: kip.macy@gmail.com Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, jeff@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, jhb@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/amd64/amd64 machdep.c trap.c vm_machdep.c src/sys/amd64/conf DEFAULTS src/sys/amd64/linux32 linux32_sysvec.c src/sys/arm/arm trap.c src/sys/arm/conf AVILA src/sys/arm/xscale/i8134x crb_machdep.c src/sys/compat/freebsd32 ... Message-ID: <20080313.152100.1530737473.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <b1fa29170803130026n4242436bndb48cc8ff1151959@mail.gmail.com> References: <200803121012.m2CAC24p033661@repoman.freebsd.org> <200803121123.12620.jhb@freebsd.org> <b1fa29170803130026n4242436bndb48cc8ff1151959@mail.gmail.com>
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"Kip Macy" <kip.macy@gmail.com> writes:
: It has in fact been discussed at great length. The only question was
: the timing.
:
: Most of us would agree that JeffR's time would be much better spent on
: lock pushdown than arguing about the specifics of KSE removal.
However, he should have sent out a heads up that this was going to
happen to make sure there were no lingering issues or objections. In
a large project like FreeBSD, you can't go "cowboy" on the tree like
Jeff did.
Warner
: On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 8:23 AM, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote:
: > On Wednesday 12 March 2008 06:12:02 am Jeff Roberson wrote:
: > > jeff 2008-03-12 10:12:02 UTC
: > >
: > > FreeBSD src repository
: > >
: > > Modified files:
: > > ...
: >
: > > Log:
: > > Remove kernel support for M:N threading.
: > >
: > > While the KSE project was quite successful in bringing threading to
: > > FreeBSD, the M:N approach taken by the kse library was never developed
: > > to its full potential. Backwards compatibility will be provided via
: > > libmap.conf for dynamically linked binaries and static binaries will
: > > be broken.
: >
: > While I don't disagree with the change, it might have been nice to have
: > pre-announced the axeing first. Even with Alpha (which probably had more
: > support and which was discussed in person at BSDCan with a lot of developers)
: > having the removal not actually discussed on the lists at all resulted in
: > some bumps that could have been easily avoided with a bit more patience on my
: > part.
: >
: > --
: > John Baldwin
: >
:
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