From owner-freebsd-arch Tue May 16 1: 9:31 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from finch-post-10.mail.demon.net (finch-post-10.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CDE237B7A9; Tue, 16 May 2000 01:09:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dfr@nlsystems.com) Received: from nlsys.demon.co.uk ([158.152.125.33] helo=herring.nlsystems.com) by finch-post-10.mail.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 12rcPb-0001kY-0A; Tue, 16 May 2000 08:09:09 +0000 Received: from salmon.nlsystems.com (salmon.nlsystems.com [10.0.0.3]) by herring.nlsystems.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA58282; Tue, 16 May 2000 09:13:45 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from dfr@nlsystems.com) Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 09:13:30 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson To: Mike Smith Cc: Nick Hibma , arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A new api for asynchronous task execution In-Reply-To: <200005151826.LAA13075@mass.cdrom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 15 May 2000, Mike Smith wrote: > > > We have a number of different callout list implementation kicking around > > > in the kernel at the moment; > > > > > > - the EVENTHANDLER stuff > > > - the optimised callout list handling in kern_timeout.c > > > - a few ad-hoc leftovers like config_intrhook that should have been > > > EVENTHANDLERed but weren't > > > > - The delayed attach for disk devices > > - The after interrupts-have-been-switched-on task queue > > Er, that's config_intrhook. > > > None of these need any functionality above the provided stuff. > > That's not true; several users of the above require the ability to be > sorted onto their task queue. I'm planning to add that today along with a few other bits and pieces. I'll post an updated manpage this evening. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 20 8442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message