Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:55:13 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: mav@freebsd.org Cc: jamesbrandongooch@gmail.com, ozawa@t-oza.net, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RFC: New event timers infrastructure Message-ID: <20100610.095513.951589869037607611.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <4C0E5646.1060007@FreeBSD.org> References: <AANLkTikyWXHYezBW1mAlTU0Oi_Z1qlPbAyZllux_wFSB@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTimBrBjtoIIp_wUWp-nanTdvCx6ppwxIEGZSKFco@mail.gmail.com> <4C0E5646.1060007@FreeBSD.org>
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Alexander Motin <mav@freebsd.org> writes:
: Brandon Gooch wrote:
: > Alexander, do you feel that the code is at a stage where meaningful
: > user testing can occur?
:
: I think yes. I've touched a lot of legacy code, so it would be nice to
: know what I may have broken. For example, i8254 and RTC drivers now more
: dependent on attaching to PnP/ACPI reported hardware. I am not sure if
: there still any legacy system which not doing that. The oldest system I
: have tested was P-III Celeron. Unluckily my small development SSD is too
: "large" for my Pentium board's BIOS. :)
The only issue I'm aware of is that on older systems PnP and ACPI can
sometimes interfere. But I thought we'd fixed those issues... I can
test on my older pentium too...
Warner
: There is still work planned, but I hope it won't require major changes
: in already written code.
:
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: Alexander Motin
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