On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 12:47:06AM -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> In message: <20030923055910.617AD3F07D7@trinity.ihack.net>
>             "Charles M. Hannum" <abuse@spamalicious.com> writes:
> : * FreeBSD is just now trying to develop a new algorithm, and has not
> :   yet managed to stabilize it.
> 
> atang isn't the best thing to look at.  it was rewritten so that the
> giant lock in that driver can be eliminated.  The prior version of the
> driver did an excellent job at filtering out the weirdness.

Well, that particular piece of code comes from back in 2000, according to
the logs, and is only a rearrangement of what existed previously.

Log for 1.64 indicates that it was meant to address that precise issue,
though.

Quentin Garnier.