Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2000 09:45:21 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Jason Evans <jasone@canonware.com> Cc: FreeBSD SMP list <FreeBSD-smp@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/sys ipl.h Message-ID: <20001209094521.D53111@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20001208150240.S2312@canonware.com>; from jasone@canonware.com on Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 03:02:40PM -0800 References: <200012081039.eB8Ad2214309@freefall.freebsd.org> <20001209091057.H37171@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20001208150240.S2312@canonware.com>
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On Friday, 8 December 2000 at 15:02:40 -0800, Jason Evans wrote: > On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 09:10:57AM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: >> On Friday, 8 December 2000 at 2:39:02 -0800, Jake Burkholder wrote: >>> jake 2000/12/08 02:39:02 PST >>> >>> Modified files: >>> sys/sys ipl.h >>> Log: >>> Remove unused declarations for spending and sdelayed, and remove unused >>> #defines for bits corresponding to pending interrupts. Yay threads! >> >> I'm a bit concerned about the pace of change in this code. We have >> significant problems in the current kernel (for example, I haven't >> been able to complete a make world for a week now, because the system >> goes catatonic). We should be looking for these problems, difficult >> as it may be, not moving on. > > Greg, "this code" is a bunch of unused cpp macros. How are you > concerned that this might further increase instability? It's certainly not increasing the stability. > Just because there are existing known bugs doesn't mean that commits > should unilaterally stop. No, but as far as I can tell nobody's looking for the ones we have. Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message
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