From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 4 12:35:21 2003 Return-Path: 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 78D1B16A4D6 for ; Thu, 4 Sep 2003 12:35:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.speakeasy.net (mail11.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.211]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0DC443FDF for ; Thu, 4 Sep 2003 12:35:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from trb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 11413 invoked from network); 4 Sep 2003 19:35:17 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender )encrypted SMTP for ; 4 Sep 2003 19:35:17 -0000 Received: from laptop.baldwin.cx (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h84JZE6Y002675; Thu, 4 Sep 2003 15:35:15 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from trb@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.4 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2003 15:35:33 -0400 (EDT) From: Technical Review Board To: arch@FreeBSD.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) cc: trb@FreeBSD.org Subject: Resolution of timer acquisition code dispute X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2003 19:35:21 -0000 After considering the arguments from interested parties, the TRB voted unanimously to revert the removal of the timer acqusition code as well as the pca(4) driver. The TRB has noted that the API is not ideal but does not think that it can be removed without any deprecation period while it is in active use. The TRB does think that it would be a good idea to mark the code with BURN_BRIDGES and deprecate it for 6.0. This should give the consumers of this API ample time to implement a more suitable alternative. -- John Baldwin (speaking for the TRB)