Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 12:14:58 +0700 (ALMST) From: Boris Popov <bp@butya.kz> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>, "Jacques A . Vidrine" <n@nectar.com>, Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMP changes and breaking kld object module compatibility Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10004251213130.11586-100000@lion.butya.kz> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004251422340.5133-100000@alphplex.bde.org>
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On Tue, 25 Apr 2000, Bruce Evans wrote: > > Given that this is a change in splxxx() I suspect that it breaks > > most modules, but probably not all modules. A quick grep -l spl * | wc > > Given that this is a change in the splxxx() implementation, it breaks > zero modules. > > splxxx() was changed from an inline function to an ordinary function > when SMP development started, to give the same ABI for the SMP case as > for the non-SMP case. This gives the same ABI for different SMP > implementations as a side effect. simple_lock* functions has breakage too. They defined as macros for non-SMP case and as functions for SMP. -- Boris Popov To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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