Subject: Re: NetBSD & FreeBSD kernel API sync (incomplete proposal)
To: None <thorpej@zembu.com>
From: Jaromír Doleček <dolecek@ibis.cz>
List: tech-kern
Date: 07/23/2000 09:41:57
Jason R Thorpe wrote:
> > It would be really nice if they would sync lockmgr() changes,
> > there is some code (namely FreeBSD smbfs), which implements it's own
> > spin locks where ones provided by NetBSD lockmgr() would do nicely.
>
> Ross and I painstakenly improved the NetBSD lockmgr(). Please do NOT
> pull *ANY* FreeBSD changes to this function into the tree without
> checking with both of us first.
I'm not proposing we should pull up their lockmgr(). I'm proposing they
should pull up ours, since it's much improved and stable :)
Jaromir
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