netatm: plan for removal unless an active maintainer is found

Harti Brandt hartmut.brandt at dlr.de
Wed Mar 15 08:11:03 UTC 2006


On Tue, 14 Mar 2006, Warner Losh wrote:

WL>> The main motivator for pruning has to do with the SMP network stack work: 
WL>> we're reaching the point, discussed on a number of occasions previously on 
WL>> this mailing list, where jettisoning unmaintained network stack components 
WL>> that are unable to run MPSAFE, is highly desirable.
WL>
WL>What's the timeline for non-MPSAFE network drivers to be taken out
WL>behind the woodshed?  Right now the list appears to be:
WL>
WL>	an, awi, cm, cnw, cs, en, ex, fatm, ie, lnc, patm, fea, fpa,
WL>	mn, ray, sbni, sbsh, snc, tx, wl, xe, ar, sr, plip

Both patm and fatm are MPSAFE - I forgot, maybe, to set the INTR_MPSAFE 
flag. I'll fix that.

harti


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