On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, Andrew Gallatin wrote:
> > Just a quick question.. Where do we stand on bringing the networking > subsystem out from under Giant? > > The mbuf system is soon to be safe, thanks to Alan Cox, so this allows > INTR_MPSAFE drivers. However, swi:net is still under Giant, as are > many of the important socket functions (sendto(), recvfrom(), etc). netgraph has been partly done for a while but I need to do some more to complete it.. I need to add an 'MP-safe' timer/callback fascility (that can be used instead of nodes rolling hteir own and I need a fascility to assit hardware-triggered events queue data to the netgraph part of themselves, (i.e. move under the netgraph umbrella). > > Thanks, > > Drew > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
