Re: dev_lock() question

From: Poul-Henning Kamp (phk_at_phk.freebsd.dk)
Date: 09/29/05

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    To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 21:36:53 +0200

    In message <200509291455.59914.jhb@FreeBSD.org>, John Baldwin writes:
    >On Thursday 29 September 2005 02:14 pm, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
    >> In message <200509291408.18098.jhb@FreeBSD.org>, John Baldwin writes:
    >> >Actually, you would think that it could be initialized either via an early
    >> >SYSINIT() or in the init_mutexes() function in kern_mutex.c and thus not
    >> > need the early check and avoid penalizing dev_lock().
    >> >
    >> >phk, how early his dev_lock needed?
    >>
    >> Far too early due to console madness (in syscons I belive).
    >
    >So would mutex_init() work?

    Havn't tried. It basically has to work right before the copyright
    is printed. 

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