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On 10/8/14 11:53 AM, John Baldwin wrote:
> This patch adds locking to scd(4) and marks it MPSAFE.  It also uses bus_*()
> instead of bus_space_*().  The patch is against HEAD but probably applies to 9
> and 10 as well.
>
> http://people.freebsd.org/~jhb/patches/scd_locking.patch
>
> Note that this driver is using a deprecated API that will be removed in 11.
> If no one tests updates to this driver then it is not feasible to continue
> maintaining it in the tree.  In that case, it will be removed from HEAD one
> month from today.
>
Hey John, which APIs are being used?