Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2022 22:36:17 +0700 From: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>, Stefan Blachmann <sblachmann@gmail.com>, Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com>, Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>, FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Reasons for keeping sc(4) and libvgl ? Message-ID: <8d6ae56e-9265-6b2e-c966-1c51f00f6c88@grosbein.net> In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfq1mGynidmm%2BPniYdmb5Tu-fh6N6C8zm8oKwB5mnoj5yA@mail.gmail.com> References: <20211126160454.3eb827365a02103169ab9adc@bidouilliste.com> <20220621201924.e9b96876c947140ac1f3b7a4@bidouilliste.com> <3d09c86a-9840-f8bf-4725-8098d958a01d@plan-b.pwste.edu.pl> <202206211901.25LJ1uBd067376@critter.freebsd.dk> <CAPyFy2Ca83X042jc5QE-g=eHAfnukHScrTSyaLRi4UxeTBasJQ@mail.gmail.com> <20220622044923.6e2fac81c1e8205872d9de11@bidouilliste.com> <CACc-My0q-Ods_O-TDru=tEwjSOaUJZZd=ZTzD46nY1gjGYO_VA@mail.gmail.com> <CANCZdfoRCB5RuszKWTQazRuseRnapVqMTANnQTR0b61AHw54aQ@mail.gmail.com> <YrKhlZnlF%2ByxZd9X@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <CANCZdfraihrmoHsu85aFWUT3zwTO%2B-x_Jbcdk0f%2Bxrr7kMxckg@mail.gmail.com> <6b7997d6-f8ed-c4e4-91eb-da9b20eb0a14@grosbein.net> <CANCZdfq1mGynidmm%2BPniYdmb5Tu-fh6N6C8zm8oKwB5mnoj5yA@mail.gmail.com>
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23.06.2022 22:26, Warner Losh wrote: > Giant is being removed entirely, and with it all straggler drivers that aren't converted by the removal date. > There's no fixed date for this, at the present time, but I'm about to commit changes that make it impossible > for new code to reference Giant. Having Giant, at all, causes slow downs elsewhere in the system, which > is why we're pushing to remove it entirely. Why is it better to lose working code then to keep it "slow"?
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