svn commit: r300113 - in head/sys: conf kern net sys

[Hans Petter Selasky]

On 05/18/16 06:35, Scott Long wrote:
> Author: scottl
> Date: Wed May 18 04:35:58 2016
> New Revision: 300113
> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/300113
>
> Log:
>   Import the 'iflib' API library for network drivers.  From the author:
>
>   "iflib is a library to eliminate the need for frequently duplicated device
>   independent logic propagated (poorly) across many network drivers."
>
>   Participation is purely optional.  The IFLIB kernel config option is
>   provided for drivers that want to transition between legacy and iflib
>   modes of operation.  ixl and ixgbe driver conversions will be committed
>   shortly.  We hope to see participation from the Broadcom and maybe
>   Chelsio drivers in the near future.
>
>   Submitted by:   mmacy at nextbsd.org
>   Reviewed by:    gallatin
>   Differential Revision:  D5211
>
> Added:
>   head/sys/net/ifdi_if.m   (contents, props changed)
>   head/sys/net/iflib.c   (contents, props changed)
>   head/sys/net/iflib.h   (contents, props changed)
>   head/sys/net/mp_ring.c   (contents, props changed)
>   head/sys/net/mp_ring.h   (contents, props changed)
> Modified:
>   head/sys/conf/files
>   head/sys/conf/options
>   head/sys/kern/device_if.m
>   head/sys/kern/kern_mbuf.c
>   head/sys/kern/subr_taskqueue.c
>   head/sys/net/if.c
>   head/sys/net/if_var.h
>   head/sys/sys/_task.h
>   head/sys/sys/mbuf.h
>   head/sys/sys/taskqueue.h
>

Hi,

Possibly the taskqueue related changes should have been broken out into 
a separate commit, hence they are not related to "iflib".

--HPS