Re: [patch] smptimers, old BH removal, tq-cleanup, 2.5.39

Ingo Molnar
2002-09-30T05:51:29Z

On Sun, 29 Sep 2002, David S. Miller wrote:

> From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
> Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2002 19:52:17 +0200 (CEST)
>
> net_bh_lock: i have removed it, since it would synchronize to nothing. The
> old protocol handlers should still run on UP, and on SMP the kernel prints
> a warning upon use. Alexey, is this approach fine with you?
>
> Just kill this crap completely. Old protocol handlers are %100
> unsupported in 2.6
>
> I know people are working on fixing up basically every old protocol
> layer currently in the tree, so this will not be an issue.

wonderful. I thought it might have helped if we kep those old-protocol
callbacks around in the UP kernel still (to help converting stuff) - but
if this is being taken care of then great.

Ingo