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Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 03:24:03 -0500
From: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org>
To: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>
Cc: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org,
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/ia64/conf GENERIC src/sys/i386/conf GENERIC src/sys/alpha/conf GENERIC
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David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 11:44:59PM -0800, Robert Watson wrote:
> > rwatson     2002/02/12 23:44:59 PST
> > 
> >   Modified files:
> >     sys/ia64/conf        GENERIC 
> >     sys/i386/conf        GENERIC 
> >     sys/alpha/conf       GENERIC 
> >   Log:
> >   Remove WITNESS from GENERIC by default: as we grow more locks, this gets
> >   slower, and may be impeding adoption of -CURRENT by developers.  We
> 
> Back this out.  This was discussed in the lists just this past week and
> it was agreed to leave it.  If you disagreed you should have mentioned it
> in a public forum.
> 
> >   Approved by:    all and sundry (jhb, phk, ...)
> 
> Where??  jhb was one of those that agreed in the thread last week to leave
> it.

Message-ID: <XFMail.020206010234.jhb@FreeBSD.org>

: WITNESS can really hurt.  Quite possibly I should turn it off in GENERIC now (I
: wouldn't mind if someone else did that.)  Before major locking changes people
: should still use it to look for bugs, but it isn't very efficient I'm afraid. :(


Best regards,
Mike Barcroft

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