Re: Mutex, SMBUS, ACPI (Re: how to mutex'ify a device driver)

2000-11-29 Thread Nicolas Souchu
On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 02:30:50PM +0100, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > Nicolas Souchu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > What are kernel mutex? A new mechanism for spl replacement? Is it > > introduced with the new SMP? I found nothing in the mail archives... > > You mean you don't read -committers,

Re: Mutex, SMBUS, ACPI (Re: how to mutex'ify a device driver)

2000-11-28 Thread Daniel O'Connor
On 28-Nov-00 Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > Nicolas Souchu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > What are kernel mutex? A new mechanism for spl replacement? Is it > > introduced with the new SMP? I found nothing in the mail archives... > > You mean you don't read -committers, -developers and -arch?

Re: Mutex, SMBUS, ACPI (Re: how to mutex'ify a device driver)

2000-11-28 Thread Dag-Erling Smorgrav
Nicolas Souchu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What are kernel mutex? A new mechanism for spl replacement? Is it > introduced with the new SMP? I found nothing in the mail archives... You mean you don't read -committers, -developers and -arch? DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - [EMAIL PROTECTED] To U

RE: Mutex, SMBUS, ACPI (Re: how to mutex'ify a device driver)

2000-11-24 Thread John Baldwin
On 23-Nov-00 Nicolas Souchu wrote: > On Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 04:58:32PM -0800, Archie Cobbs wrote: >> As a relatively simple exercise in -current kernel programming, >> I'm planning to mutex'ify the ichsmb(4) device driver (this is >> a relatively simple driver that currently uses splhigh()). I'd

Mutex, SMBUS, ACPI (Re: how to mutex'ify a device driver)

2000-11-23 Thread Nicolas Souchu
On Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 04:58:32PM -0800, Archie Cobbs wrote: > As a relatively simple exercise in -current kernel programming, > I'm planning to mutex'ify the ichsmb(4) device driver (this is > a relatively simple driver that currently uses splhigh()). I'd > appreciate some feedback if what I'm d

RE: how to mutex'ify a device driver

2000-11-22 Thread John Baldwin
On 23-Nov-00 Archie Cobbs wrote: > As a relatively simple exercise in -current kernel programming, > I'm planning to mutex'ify the ichsmb(4) device driver (this is > a relatively simple driver that currently uses splhigh()). I'd > appreciate some feedback if what I'm doing is the right thing. >

how to mutex'ify a device driver

2000-11-22 Thread Archie Cobbs
As a relatively simple exercise in -current kernel programming, I'm planning to mutex'ify the ichsmb(4) device driver (this is a relatively simple driver that currently uses splhigh()). I'd appreciate some feedback if what I'm doing is the right thing. The plan is to give each instance of the dev