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Date:      Wed, 9 Nov 2005 14:04:58 -0600
From:      linimon@lonesome.com (Mark Linimon)
To:        Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Marcin Jessa <lists@yazzy.org>, current@freebsd.org, Max Khon <fjoe@samodelkin.net>
Subject:   Re: Generic Kernel API
Message-ID:  <20051109200458.GA26742@soaustin.net>
In-Reply-To: <20051109121720.M39365@fledge.watson.org>
References:  <20051108232855.2d1b7df5.lists@yazzy.org> <20051109093920.GA45506@samodelkin.net> <20051109110903.583bb72d.lists@yazzy.org> <20051109121720.M39365@fledge.watson.org>

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On Wed, Nov 09, 2005 at 12:20:14PM +0000, Robert Watson wrote:
> My hope is that in the next year or so, things will settle down 
> significantly as we begin to flush the last of the non-MPSAFE drivers
> from the system, and reach a point where all device drivers can use
> consistent synchronization.

If we are working towards that, I'd like to see someone contact the
suppliers of the binary-only drivers and tell them that's where we're
heading.  IMHO we are starting to win back some 'mind-share' out there
in the real world with 6.0 and we should build on that momentum.

mcl



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