Date: Sat, 05 Apr 1997 23:53:47 +0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@spinner.dialix.com> To: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> Cc: smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any chance of sync with current? Message-ID: <199704051553.XAA17993@spinner.DIALix.COM> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 05 Apr 1997 16:37:15 %2B0100." <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970405162842.8538I-100000@herring.nlsystems.com>
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Doug Rabson wrote: > Does anyone know if/when the next sync-with-current thing is going to > happen for the smp tree? I want to try out smp on my new machine (2xP6 on > SuperMicro P6DNE motherboard) but it will be a lot of hassle with the > current smp tree since I need various fixes to the ahc driver from current > to make the machine work at all. I've been thinking about doing it sometime soon, the -current kernel seems to have settled down a fair bit. > On the other hand, what about merging in the other direction SMP->current. > Last time the subject came up, I am sure someone said this would be easier > than merging lite2 and that has already happened... The biggest problem that I can see so far is that we have too many #ifdef's, causing interesting problems like #include "opt_smp.h" to be seen by user programs that #include stuff from <sys/....>. I must have another look again and see how it looks at the moment. It'd be nice to bring it online to the mainstream. > -- > Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com > Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 951 1891 > Cheers, -Peter
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