From owner-svn-src-all@freebsd.org Fri Oct 30 10:15:29 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 849D9A206C3; Fri, 30 Oct 2015 10:15:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gljennjohn@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wm0-x22a.google.com (mail-wm0-x22a.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::22a]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1B3961793; Fri, 30 Oct 2015 10:15:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gljennjohn@gmail.com) Received: by wmeg8 with SMTP id g8so8090921wme.1; Fri, 30 Oct 2015 03:15:27 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=u9yeyfk/RsRCK16kYr/JoGwSdcNcyxvJMAQXbHge19g=; b=DA9xsIiI2B3VqjbSzQTCPNBz5ZmhRv+nkj7helCGtFQDXnL/lDa7E3QPxLY1Ro/zEF VeW6lc/aHWpuVS/je7daMxLjflvbMm6bAGdJsmk53R80/0J75qSkt0GhjVXbAmTtLVao GCOcMgSAiUhjsI0kXBa3mZSx3MwsfncBIHHKFWDYrEOtbWkq6cBcQORm/4Z8nfuYPsuY SiLH9MZpc7fG8gKBtmKhUCpyjkSLR76fAjO1674xzQi8m0SWKTULmq8fBgVSwUJ6/0cs Fn7TcjDYKDzARGiLKSLWdt3Ownj03AHRdYq+Nd/0Q7nHOqIGVQwHCLmH2n0qz89IaUBP hzWQ== X-Received: by 10.28.51.70 with SMTP id z67mr2251742wmz.25.1446200127292; Fri, 30 Oct 2015 03:15:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ernst.home (p4FCA66C0.dip0.t-ipconnect.de. [79.202.102.192]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id d10sm6302384wje.14.2015.10.30.03.15.26 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 30 Oct 2015 03:15:26 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 11:15:20 +0100 From: Gary Jennejohn To: Hans Petter Selasky Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r290003 - head/sys/ofed/include/linux Message-ID: <20151030111520.09826845@ernst.home> In-Reply-To: <56332494.4050709@selasky.org> References: <201510261328.t9QDSYRT076892@repo.freebsd.org> <56302F9D.2020308@freebsd.org> <56308289.4050902@selasky.org> <20151029143651.GN97830@FreeBSD.org> <56323B33.8020505@selasky.org> <20151030084126.53f7ffce@ernst.home> <56332494.4050709@selasky.org> Reply-To: gljennjohn@gmail.com X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.13.0 (GTK+ 2.24.28; amd64-portbld-freebsd11.0) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 10:15:29 -0000 On Fri, 30 Oct 2015 09:04:36 +0100 Hans Petter Selasky wrote: > On 10/30/15 08:41, Gary Jennejohn wrote: > > On Thu, 29 Oct 2015 16:28:51 +0100 > > Hans Petter Selasky wrote: > > > >> On 10/29/15 15:36, Gleb Smirnoff wrote: > >>>> The LinuxKPI is not a binary compatibility module, and will at some > >>> H> point have API's diverging from Linux, to fit BSD API's better. > >>> > >>> This statement makes the name of LinuxKPI quite pointless, as well > >>> as the whole idea of the KPI unclear. > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> To be more clear. Adding bind_irq_to_cpu() is more an exception than the > >> default. A the moment I think Linux doesn't have an equivalent of this > >> function, because of Linux's interrupt model. > >> > > > > My question is whether a "normal" FreeBSD user has any reason to > > enable LinuxKPI now or in the future. > > > > Hi, > > If drivers which depend on this feature are KLD's there's no reason to > enable this by default in GENERIC. The current and future clients of > LINUXKPI will possibly be KLD's and then MODULE_DEPEND() will do the > magic behind the scenes. Was this your question? > Well, I guess the answer is "no", if I understand you correctly. -- Gary Jennejohn