From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 30 18:14:16 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C220F16A403; Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:14:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Received: from pooker.samsco.org (pooker.samsco.org [168.103.85.57]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0CCA43C9D; Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:14:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Received: from [192.168.254.14] (imini.samsco.home [192.168.254.14]) (authenticated bits=0) by pooker.samsco.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id kAUIE79a079976; Thu, 30 Nov 2006 11:14:13 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Message-ID: <456F1F6F.3080407@samsco.org> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 11:14:07 -0700 From: Scott Long User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.7.7) Gecko/20050416 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Sam Leffler References: <200611301502.kAUF22lU076210@repoman.freebsd.org> <456F0B71.3050604@errno.com> In-Reply-To: <456F0B71.3050604@errno.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=3.8 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.1.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.1 (2006-03-10) on pooker.samsco.org Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, Gleb Smirnoff , cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/net if.c X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:14:16 -0000 Sam Leffler wrote: > Gleb Smirnoff wrote: > >>glebius 2006-11-30 15:02:01 UTC >> >> FreeBSD src repository >> >> Modified files: >> sys/net if.c >> Log: >> The recent issues with em(4) interface has shown that the old 4.4BSD >> if_watchdog/if_timer interface doesn't fit modern SMP network >> stack design. >> >> Device drivers that need watchdog to monitor their hardware should >> implement it theirselves. >> >> Eventually the if_watchdog/if_timer API will be removed. For now, >> warn that driver uses it. >> >> Reviewed by: scottl > > > Did I miss a headsup on this? Seems like something you should > coordinate with folks so people can convert drivers beforehand. I > understand the problem and I see this is just a printf but now we're > going to have people asking what's going on. > > Sam I didn't expect Gleb to act so quickly on this, but I'm very glad that he did. Sorry it was a suprise. Would it help if he or I added an UPDATING entry and a mailing list announcement about it? Scott