call for sk(4) testers

Pyun YongHyeon pyunyh at gmail.com
Thu Jan 12 17:02:03 PST 2006


On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 12:00:02PM +0000, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote:
 > On Thu, 12 Jan 2006, Pyun YongHyeon wrote:
 > 
 > Hi,
 > 
 > >Here is modified sk(4) that makes use of bus_dma(9). It was lightly
 > >tested on sparc64(SMP)/i386(SMP).
 > 
 > I had a really quick glance at the patch and I will try it this
 > evening. Sounds really great!
 > 
 > >Changes from stock sk(4)
 > >- MPSAFE. No more recursive lock requiried.
 > 
 > Are you sure you can get a away with the recursive lock for the dual
 > port cards?
 > 
Since sk_intr handles both interrupts originated from MAC I think it
would be ok(I don't have dual port hardware).
Apart from that is there any reason the driver should use recursive
lock?
-- 
Regards,
Pyun YongHyeon


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