On 29 August 2016 at 15:00, Gleb Smirnoff <gleb...@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 12:36:58PM -0400, Ryan Stone wrote: > R> - The if_addr_lock would appear to be an excellent candidate to be > R> converted into an rmlock, but unfortunately we made the mistake of exposing > R> the lock through the ifnet KPI. Fixing that would require rototilling > R> every single Ethernet/WiFi/etc driver in the tree. > > Just my 2 cents: that's why I'd like to encourage developers to do a big > leap with new ifnet KPI (which will give only pointer to struct ifnet > to drivers), and then with our hands unentagled improve the network stack. > > See projects/ifnet branch in the subversion.
Hi, It's an easyish thing to do now - just come up with an API change proposal and I'll rototill the wifi drivers / stack in preparation. -adrian > > -- > Totus tuus, Glebius. _______________________________________________ svn-src-head@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-head-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
