From owner-freebsd-smp Wed Jun 5 12:10:28 1996 Return-Path: owner-smp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id MAA24429 for smp-outgoing; Wed, 5 Jun 1996 12:10:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from critter2.tfs.com ([140.145.16.108]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA24423; Wed, 5 Jun 1996 12:10:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from critter2.tfs.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter2.tfs.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA01858; Wed, 5 Jun 1996 12:09:54 -0700 (PDT) To: Terry Lambert cc: sef@kithrup.com, smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unix/NT synchronization model (was: SMP progress?) In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 05 Jun 1996 11:58:44 PDT." <199606051858.LAA29430@phaeton.artisoft.com> Date: Wed, 05 Jun 1996 12:09:52 -0700 Message-ID: <1856.834001792@critter2.tfs.com> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-smp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In message <199606051858.LAA29430@phaeton.artisoft.com>, Terry Lambert writes: >> >In point of fact, I have already prepared all of vfs_syscalls.c for >> >the lock pushdown from the trap code, as described in my previous >> >post, by making them single-entry/single-exit. I really don't see >> >why the patches need to be all-or-nothing for you to even consider >> >them in the first place... all that requirement does is make >> >eventual integration more difficult (and thus unlikely). >> >> my words exactly. Except >I< think that >you< should do the work >> of keep the issues separate rather than me trying to separate them. > >With respect, this is much more difficult for those of us who >must do our changes locally and use SUP or CTM to keep up to >date. Hey buddy, how do you think I work ???? >Each time I pull an updated tree from my local mirror of the CVS >tree, I must re-merge and re-integrate all of my patches. join the club. :-( -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.