Proof of concept patch for device rearrangement
Maxime Henrion
mux at freebsd.org
Wed Jun 18 16:16:57 PDT 2003
walt wrote:
> Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>
> >I have uploaded a proof of concept patch:
> >
> > http://phk.freebsd.dk/patch/fd_dev.patch
>
>
> >...And with this code enabled, it is possible to go from userland to
> >device driver without touching Giant underway.
>
> I'm sorry, I can't parse that last sentence. Could you explain in
> 25 words or less (or 3 lines of code) what it means?
>
> 'Giant' is the lock that Alan is trying to get rid of?
Giant is the big lock that protects the whole kernel that everyone is
trying to get rid of :-).
Maxime
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