From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 19 15:23:08 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: arch@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2A9C16A41F; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 15:23:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from harmony.village.org (vc4-2-0-87.dsl.netrack.net [199.45.160.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3891B43D4C; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 15:23:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j6JFKi8n053020; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 09:20:45 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 09:20:44 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <20050719.092044.41685623.imp@bsdimp.com> To: phk@haven.freebsd.dk From: Warner Losh In-Reply-To: <1447.1121761910@phk.freebsd.dk> References: <20050718183717.N9430@fledge.watson.org> <1447.1121761910@phk.freebsd.dk> X-Mailer: Mew version 3.3 on Emacs 21.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: arch@freebsd.org, rwatson@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Network-related device drivers and MPSAFEty: status, and plans for 7.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 15:23:08 -0000 > Some of the mii/phy drivers we have are specific to just one particular > network driver. I've been looking into listing the mii drivers to include in a given kernel. For the general case, we want to include them all. For specific cases, only a small subset are necessary. I don't think tying them to a specific driver is necessarily the right way to go, as old designs have a bad habit of reappearing in new when you least expect it. Warner