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

[K. Macy]

On Sat, May 21, 2016 at 3:36 AM, Hans Petter Selasky <hps at selasky.org> wrote:
> 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

Yes.
-M