On Nov 6, 2012, at 4:31 AM, Chuck Burns <break19_at_gmail.com> wrote: > On Tuesday, November 06, 2012 12:36:46 PM Andre Oppermann wrote: >> On 06.11.2012 12:30, Luigi Rizzo wrote: >>> On Tue, Nov 06, 2012 at 11:23:34AM +0100, Andre Oppermann > wrote: >>> ... >>> >>>> Hi Luigi, >>>> >>>> do you agree on polling having outlived its usefulness in the light >>>> of interrupt moderating NIC's and SMP > complications/disadvantages? >>> >>> yes, we should let it rest in peace. >> >> Thank you for this non-complicated answer. :-) > > I worry about what happens for those people who would be running > FreeBSD on older equipment where polling might still make sense. > > Do we throw them under the bus? I think that adding a big fat warning at boot if the driver supports proper hybrid polling (think: witness) might dissuade some folks. Thanks! -GarrettReceived on Tue Nov 06 2012 - 14:38:10 UTC
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