Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 23:00:09 +0200 From: "Attilio Rao" <asmrookie@gmail.com> To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Willing to adopt Firewire (was Re: your mail) Message-ID: <3bbf2fe10605221400h16819083ja11d43574efd4f46@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3bbf2fe10605221359y26176ffxaf3e1d41dc9af2ac@mail.gmail.com> References: <20060522143521.J21787@fledge.watson.org> <20060522085405.Y34519@ns1.feral.com> <20060522172636.Y21787@fledge.watson.org> <447220E5.8080604@astralblue.net> <20060522214429.X246@fledge.watson.org> <3bbf2fe10605221359y26176ffxaf3e1d41dc9af2ac@mail.gmail.com>
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2006/5/22, Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>: > > On Mon, 22 May 2006, Eugene M. Kim wrote: > > > Robert Watson wrote: > >> Yes -- we're beginning to reach the point where we can start issuing > >> ultimatums on device drivers, but need USB and Firewire dealt with before > >> we can begin to push out stragglers. For better or worse, those two > >> hardware categories can't be ignored. Being at a point where we can > >> universally make assumptions about MPSAFEty is a very good place to be, and > >> we're very close with the network stack. > > > > Quick question: Has anyone stepped up for MP-guarding Firewire and boys? I > > plan to begin hacking Firewire code soon (mainly to add support for 1394 > > audio devices), so I probably can adopt them if they've been orphaned. > > Not as far as I know -- I've not seen any real activity in the Firewire code > in some time, and certainly no movement in the direction of making it MPSAFE. > Your contribution here would be much appreciated! As I pointed out privately to Robert, I would like to work on USB stack in order to make it MP-SAFE. I don't know if I have to coordinate with somebody, since the only reference which lives in the code is about Lennart Augustsson from NetBSD... who is responsible for this part of the tree? Attilio -- Peace can only be achieved by understanding - A. Einstein -- Peace can only be achieved by understanding - A. Einstein
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