Re: slow softintrs

[Andrew Doran <ad%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Tue, Oct 07, 2008 at 09:42:05PM -0400, Michael wrote:

> I keep getting KASSERT() panics from soft interrupt handlers on SMP  
> macppc, usually it's about curcpu or curthread not being what some  
> mutex expects.

Need specifics to guess what the problem might be.

> Since I don't see this on sparc64 for instance I  
> suspect the slow softintr code. To confirm or contradict this:
> - which other archs use slow softintrs?

All except x86, vax and (conditionally) evbarm.

> - Do we support SMP on any of them?

alpha sparc64 sparc.

> Finally - is anyone working on fast softintr support for powerpc?

matt@ was. I don't know how far he got.

Andrew