From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 29 13:43:24 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C4B116A423 for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 13:43:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from server.baldwin.cx (66-23-211-162.clients.speedfactory.net [66.23.211.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97FC243D48 for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 13:43:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from zion.baldwin.cx (zion.baldwin.cx [192.168.0.7]) (authenticated bits=0) by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2TDhJoE079408; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 08:43:19 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 08:41:49 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.3 References: <20060329020527.f8f087a4.conrads@cox.net> <20060329085117.GU80492@spc.org> In-Reply-To: <20060329085117.GU80492@spc.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200603290841.50759.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.87.1/1361/Wed Mar 29 01:50:38 2006 on server.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on server.baldwin.cx Cc: Bruce M Simpson , "Conrad J. Sabatier" Subject: Re: device atpic to be deprecated? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 13:43:24 -0000 On Wednesday 29 March 2006 03:51 am, Bruce M Simpson wrote: > On Wed, Mar 29, 2006 at 02:05:27AM -0600, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: > > Is the plan still in effect to abolish this device? > > To my mind it wouldn't make much sense, given the sheer amount of hardware > out there which doesn't have an IOAPIC, then again I'm probably out of > touch with the state of interrupt handling in -CURRENT. All amd64 machines (which is where atpic would be removed) have an APIC. =2D-=20 John Baldwin =A0<>< =A0http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" =A0=3D =A0http://www.FreeBSD.org