Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 17 Nov 2000 10:20:35 +0100 (CET) | From | Tobias Ringstrom <> | Subject | Re: [CFT] dmfe.c network driver update for 2.4 |
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On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> The kernel driver APIs are designed so that SMP and UP cases are equally > high-performance, and portable beyond the x86 platform. > > Pretty much all ISA and PCI drivers need to be portable and SMP safe... > if not so, it's a bug. That said, there is certainly more motivation to > make a popular PCI driver is SMP safe than an older ISA driver. And > portability is [IMHO] less of a priority than SMP safety, though it > depends on the hardware being supported.
How about adding an ifdef CONFIG_SMP then print ugly warning to all known SMP unsafe drivers? A message could be printed booth at compile and load time.
/Tobias
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