Re: state of NetBSD SMP

[Erik Fair <fair%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Apr 28, 2010, at 05:43 , David Laight wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 03:47:03PM +0000, David Holland wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 08:17:27PM +0200, Martin Husemann wrote:
>>>> So, what's the current state of NetBSD SMP, i.e. how many kernel  
>>>> subsystems do we still have to get out from under the big lock?
>>> 
>>> No idea about total count, but top three of next things to attack:
>>> 
>>> - audio (there is a branch, supposedly ~50% done)
>>> - networking
>>> - tty (noone dares to touch it?)
>> 
>> I dare, but my hands are full :(
> 
> Ditto :-)
> 
> Actually the network code is probably much harder ...

But, I'd argue, much more urgently needed than the TTY code. How many bits get 
moved, as a percentage of system total, through each subsystem?

        Erik <fair%netbsd.org@localhost>