Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2010 19:23:47 +0200 From: Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua> To: mdf@freebsd.org Cc: Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MTX_DEF versus MTX_SPIN Message-ID: <4CD19AA3.3070106@icyb.net.ua> In-Reply-To: <20101103171101.GS2392@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> References: <AANLkTi=12-dSAZ21DbZgw36YbRGiUq4KZbyCx3SjucPG@mail.gmail.com> <4CD190EF.5080600@icyb.net.ua> <AANLkTimmiQ9VH=cr%2BPJ4Hz=h1Oua%2Bouj7CAv8L__JeNn@mail.gmail.com> <20101103171101.GS2392@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua>
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on 03/11/2010 19:11 Kostik Belousov said the following: > On Wed, Nov 03, 2010 at 10:04:13AM -0700, mdf@freebsd.org wrote: >> Is there any documentation on best practices for writing a FreeBSD driver? > Not that I am aware of. You can read locking(9) in HEAD to get the answer > on your question about spin mutexes. BTW, I think that BUS_SETUP_INTR(9) contains the most up to date information on interrupt handling piece of a driver. Unlike e.g. ithread(9). -- Andriy Gapon
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