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Cc: net@freebsd.org, Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>, arch@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Changes in the network interface queueing handoff model
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On Sunday 30 July 2006 21:23, Robert Watson wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Jul 2006, Sam Leffler wrote:

Just a comment while the iron is hot:

Maybe you can make the network model safe against detach. Currently I see that 
the processor can be stuck in routines like "if_start" after that "if_free()" 
has been called. This can be critical for USB ethernet devices.

--HPS