From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 1 19:03:05 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C48D16A403 for ; Fri, 1 Dec 2006 19:03:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from julian@elischer.org) Received: from outQ.internet-mail-service.net (outQ.internet-mail-service.net [216.240.47.240]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A61D43CC0 for ; Fri, 1 Dec 2006 19:02:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from julian@elischer.org) Received: from shell.idiom.com (HELO idiom.com) (216.240.47.20) by out.internet-mail-service.net (qpsmtpd/0.32) with ESMTP; Fri, 01 Dec 2006 10:38:57 -0800 Received: from [192.168.2.4] (home.elischer.org [216.240.48.38]) by idiom.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id kB1IqJkn091755; Fri, 1 Dec 2006 10:52:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from julian@elischer.org) Message-ID: <457079E3.2050505@elischer.org> Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2006 10:52:19 -0800 From: Julian Elischer User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (Macintosh/20061025) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Poul-Henning Kamp References: <3931.1164968488@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: <3931.1164968488@critter.freebsd.dk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Robert Watson , Ivan Voras , freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: a proposed callout API X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2006 19:03:05 -0000 Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <200612011009.kB1A9VA8064231@apollo.backplane.com>, Matthew Dillon w > rites: >> : >> : http://www.ece.rice.edu/~willmann/pubs/paranet_tr06-872.pdf >> : >> :Robert N M Watson >> >> Oh, that paper. You know, I talked to Alan about that paper a while >> back, but it isn't really possible to compare DragonFly side by side >> with FreeBSD yet in an SMP environment because we still have a lot >> of BGL junk in the network path, and because our interrupts are >> still going to cpu #0. The code itself is mostly MP safe, and Jeff >> has actually turned off the BGL in some of his own testing, but I >> can't do it officially yet. In anycase, that is why DragonFly wasn't >> used. > > So, like, why don't you work on that, instead of annoying us with your > long lectures about how "The World Shall Be Ordered According To Me" ? Matt, Ignore Poul-Henning's email on this.. He certainly speaks for himself but his use of "Us" or "We" doesn't incluse everyone.... some of us ARE interested to hear intelligent comments. Julian > > Poul-Henning >