Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 30 Sep 2002 08:06:39 +0200 (CEST) | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [patch] smptimers, old BH removal, tq-cleanup, 2.5.39 |
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On Sun, 29 Sep 2002, David S. Miller wrote:
> From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> > Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2002 19:52:17 +0200 (CEST) > > net_bh_lock: i have removed it, since it would synchronize to nothing. The > old protocol handlers should still run on UP, and on SMP the kernel prints > a warning upon use. Alexey, is this approach fine with you? > > Just kill this crap completely. Old protocol handlers are %100 > unsupported in 2.6 > > I know people are working on fixing up basically every old protocol > layer currently in the tree, so this will not be an issue.
wonderful. I thought it might have helped if we kep those old-protocol callbacks around in the UP kernel still (to help converting stuff) - but if this is being taken care of then great.
Ingo
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