Hi, On Fri Sep 03, 2004 at 03:09AM +0000, Robert Watson wrote: > rwatson 2004-09-03 03:09:55 UTC > > FreeBSD src repository > > Modified files: (Branch: RELENG_5) > sys/conf options > sys/sys kernel.h > sys/net netisr.c > Log: > Merge sys/conf/options:1.478, sys/net/netisr.c:1.12, and > sys/sys/kernel.h:1.118 to RELENG_5: > > Change the default disposition of debug.mpsafenet from 0 to 1, which > will cause the network stack to operate without the Giant lock by > default. This change has the potential to improve performance by > increasing parallelism and decreasing latency in network processing. > [...] In Consideration of some recent emails on the current mailinglist I am not sure whether I should add NET_WITH_GIANT to my kernel config or not. In my LAN I take heavy usage of IPv6 and one of NICs (vr driver) is not yet marked MP_SAFE. Is it safe for now to switch over to debug.mpsafenet=1 or should I wait until the locking of IPv6 is done? BTW. I am very willing to help testing... ;) best regards, Gordon -- Gordon Bergling <GBergling_at_0xfce3.net> http://www.0xFCE3.net/ PGP Fingerprint: 7732 9BB1 5013 AE8B E42C 28E0 93B9 D32B C76F 02A0 RIPE-HDL: MDTP-RIPE "There is no place like 127.0.0.0/8"
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