From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 27 20:33:54 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65E9B106566C; Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:33:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jb@what-creek.com) Received: from what-creek.com (what-creek.com [66.111.37.70]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BA068FC12; Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:33:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jb@what-creek.com) Received: by what-creek.com (Postfix, from userid 102) id B6FC473304; Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:33:53 +0000 (GMT) Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:33:53 +0000 From: John Birrell To: Sam Leffler Message-ID: <20080327203353.GB30621@what-creek.com> References: <200803270503.m2R53Qr7053473@repoman.freebsd.org> <47EBC053.9080604@freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <47EBC053.9080604@freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org, John Birrell , src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/amd64/include param.h src/sys/arm/include param.h src/sys/i386/include param.h src/sys/ia64/include param.h src/sys/powerpc/include param.h src/sys/sparc64/include param.h src/sys/sun4v/include param.h 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, 27 Mar 2008 20:33:54 -0000 On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 08:42:11AM -0700, Sam Leffler wrote: > What is the impact on UP+small systems? Those of us building for > embedded applications are already fighting the existing bloat in the kernel. I don't think this is a big deal for UP+small systems because they probably don't allocate things in the kernel modules that are dimensioned by MAXCPU. The FreeBSD kernel module design relies on kernel modules being built to work both on UP and SMP if the arch allows. -- John Birrell