Received: from SOUTH-STATION-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po7.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA14892; Sat, 30 Dec 95 18:38:06 EST Received: from pain.lcs.mit.edu by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA12571; Sat, 30 Dec 95 18:38:00 EST Received: (from daemon@localhost) by pain.lcs.mit.edu (8.6.12/8.6.9) id SAA00817; Sat, 30 Dec 1995 18:14:32 -0500 Received: from lestat.nas.nasa.gov by pain.lcs.mit.edu (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id SAA00745; Sat, 30 Dec 1995 18:12:01 -0500 Received: from localhost (thorpej@localhost) by lestat.nas.nasa.gov (8.6.12/NAS.6.1) with SMTP id PAA09950; Sat, 30 Dec 1995 15:12:00 -0800 Message-Id: <199512302312.PAA09950@lestat.nas.nasa.gov> X-Authentication-Warning: lestat.nas.nasa.gov: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: Thor Lancelot Simon Cc: netbsd-developers@netbsd.org Subject: Re: sun-lamp CVS commits Reply-To: Jason Thorpe From: Jason Thorpe Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Sat, 30 Dec 1995 15:11:59 -0800 Sender: owner-netbsd-developers@NetBSD.ORG Precedence: first-class X-Loop: netbsd-developers@NetBSD.ORG On Sat, 30 Dec 1995 16:21:24 -0500 Thor Lancelot Simon wrote: > Is there some reason we shouldn't be picking up the other Lite2 changes, > particularly simple_lock()? Maybe keep the simple_lock() stuff in the NFS code, and #ifdef notyet it? > Is there a document somewhere which describes (even in general terms) the > major differences between the Lite and Lite2 kernels? Can we get our hands > on it? > > Incinentally, I think our copy of Lite2 is missing some stuff. Might we > ask whoever we got our original copy from for another? Where _is_ "our" copy of it? > Could we please consider this the suggested three-day "why shouldn't we..." > on simple_lock()? Am I wrong that it's probably needed for SMP support? I think that reviewing the implementation for something as major as a locking mechanism should take place before we even start the tree-day countdown :-) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jason R. Thorpe thorpej@nas.nasa.gov NASA Ames Research Center Home: 408.866.1912 NAS: M/S 258-6 Work: 415.604.0935 Moffett Field, CA 94035 Pager: 415.428.6939