Re: HEAD UP: non-MPSAFE network drivers to be disabled (was: 8.0 network stack MPsafety goals (fwd))

From: Ed Schouten <ed_at_80386.nl>
Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 08:25:42 +0200
Hello Peter,

* Peter Wemm <peter_at_wemm.org> wrote:
> As an example.. look at the CAN_BYPASS_L_RINT stuff.  If we had a way
> to pass a block of characters upstream instead of a single character
> at a time, then we could build this magic into the input routines
> instead of the device drivers.

I still haven't had time to add the CAN_BYPASS_L_RINT functionality
back. I was thinking about adding the actual copying to the buffers
inside the TTY layer, which means we can finally remove all that
redundant code from the drivers.

But this is still on my TODO list. ;-)

-- 
 Ed Schouten <ed_at_80386.nl>
 WWW: http://80386.nl/

Received on Wed May 28 2008 - 04:27:12 UTC

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