From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 10 16:04:51 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 554EA1065673; Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:04:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from harmony.bsdimp.com (bsdimp.com [199.45.160.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 090AD8FC0A; Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:04:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.bsdimp.com (8.14.3/8.14.1) with ESMTP id o5AFtAK8038649; Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:55:10 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:55:13 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <20100610.095513.951589869037607611.imp@bsdimp.com> To: mav@freebsd.org From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: <4C0E5646.1060007@FreeBSD.org> References: <4C0E5646.1060007@FreeBSD.org> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.3 on Emacs 22.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: jamesbrandongooch@gmail.com, ozawa@t-oza.net, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RFC: New event timers infrastructure 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: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:04:51 -0000 In message: <4C0E5646.1060007@FreeBSD.org> Alexander Motin 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. : : -- : Alexander Motin : _______________________________________________ : freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list : http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current : To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" :