From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 24 19:30:00 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: net@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7443106566C; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:30:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwatson@FreeBSD.org) Received: from cyrus.watson.org (cyrus.watson.org [65.122.17.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF4EE8FC24; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:30:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwatson@FreeBSD.org) Received: from fledge.watson.org (fledge.watson.org [65.122.17.41]) by cyrus.watson.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 40BAF46B17; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:30:00 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:30:00 +0000 (GMT) From: Robert Watson X-X-Sender: robert@fledge.watson.org To: current@FreeBSD.org, net@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <20080526110543.J26343@fledge.watson.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: Subject: Re: HEADS UP: IFF_NEEDSGIANT consumers to be disabled, removed (was: Re: Wiki page for non-MPSAFE network stack de-orbit scheduling) X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:30:02 -0000 On Mon, 16 Feb 2009, Robert Watson wrote: > The following schedule is proposed, assuming nothing goes horribly wrong > with the new USB code in the next few weeks, and remaining nits relating to > USB network and 802.11 drivers are handled: > > 16 February 2009 HEADS UP to lists (this e-mail) > 01 March 2009 Disable build of all IFF_NEEDSGIANT drivers in 8.x > 01 April 2009 Remove all IFF_NEEDSGIANT drivers from 8.x > > In the next couple of weeks, I'd like to resolve the status of (and > eliminate) the if_ndis conditional use of IFF_NEEDSGIANT. There's also a > chance that if_sl will get updated by Ed and myself to work with the new > locking and TTY world orders -- the lock is easy, but the TTY update takes a > bit of work. Perhaps someone will feel moved to do this for if_ppp and > possibly if_cx as well. Just a reminder that 1 March is gradually approaching. It looks like the new USB stack is settling nicely, so I currently have no plans to defer the above schedule. Robert N M Watson Computer Laboratory University of Cambridge