DEVICE_POLLING is not compatible with SMP? (was: xl(4) & polling)

[Rob]

Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 10, Rob wrote:
> 
>>--- Ruslan Ermilov <ru at freebsd.org> wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, Apr 09, Rob wrote:
>>>
>>>>PS: if this makes it into the official sources,
>>>>then don't forget to also add xl(4) to the
>>>>polling(4) manpage.
>>>
>>>It did (last month).  The manpage was also updated.
>>
>>Will it also go into RELENG_5, after the 5.4
release?
>>
> 
> Yes, probably.  After I hear more reports of
success.
> The HEAD sources can be used on RELENG_5 to test the
> functionality.

I found xl polling was committed to RELENG_5.
Very good indeed!

So I have also tried to enable polling on another PC
with xl LAN and SMP, but the kernel compilation stops
with:

  #error DEVICE_POLLING is not compatible with SMP

Is this error message still relevant?

Rob.

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