Subject: Re: yamt-lazymbuf branch
To: None <tech-net@NetBSD.org, tech-kern@NetBSD.org>
From: David Young <dyoung@pobox.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 11/19/2007 09:35:52
On Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 12:42:37PM +0900, YAMAMOTO Takashi wrote:
> hi,
> 
> does anyone object if i merge yamt-lazymbuf branch?
> it's what was disscussed on the "mbuf external storage sharing"
> thread on tech-net in 2004-2005.

If anyone else wonders just what the branch was for, yamt@ writes in
<http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-net/2004/10/09/0000.html>,

> my purposes are:
> - being more mp-safe.
> - preparing to implement lazy mapping of loaned pages, which can need to
>   change a state (mapped/unmapped) of shared mbuf.

Dave

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