netatm: plan for removal unless an active maintainer is found

M. Warner Losh imp at bsdimp.com
Wed Mar 15 17:15:20 UTC 2006


In message: <20060315090615.I56469 at beagle.kn.op.dlr.de>
            Harti Brandt <hartmut.brandt at dlr.de> writes:
: 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.

I might have missed something when I came up with the list.

Warner


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