Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:23:12 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: Jeff Roberson <jeff@freebsd.org> Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/amd64/amd64 machdep.c trap.c vm_machdep.c src/sys/amd64/conf DEFAULTS src/sys/amd64/linux32 linux32_sysvec.c src/sys/arm/arm trap.c src/sys/arm/conf AVILA src/sys/arm/xscale/i8134x crb_machdep.c src/sys/compat/freebsd32 ... Message-ID: <200803121123.12620.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200803121012.m2CAC24p033661@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200803121012.m2CAC24p033661@repoman.freebsd.org>
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On Wednesday 12 March 2008 06:12:02 am Jeff Roberson wrote: > jeff 2008-03-12 10:12:02 UTC > > FreeBSD src repository > > Modified files: > ... > Log: > Remove kernel support for M:N threading. > > While the KSE project was quite successful in bringing threading to > FreeBSD, the M:N approach taken by the kse library was never developed > to its full potential. Backwards compatibility will be provided via > libmap.conf for dynamically linked binaries and static binaries will > be broken. While I don't disagree with the change, it might have been nice to have pre-announced the axeing first. Even with Alpha (which probably had more support and which was discussed in person at BSDCan with a lot of developers) having the removal not actually discussed on the lists at all resulted in some bumps that could have been easily avoided with a bit more patience on my part. -- John Baldwin
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