Plan to remove GIANT dependence in ixgb driver

From: Paul Willmann (willmann_at_rice.edu)
Date: 03/29/05

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Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 02:49:04 -0600

    Hi all,

    I'm new to the list, but before I go ahead and modify the ixgb (intel
    10 Gb NIC) driver to have its own mutex, I want to just send out an
    announcement to avoid any duplication of effort by anyone else who
    might be doing the same. The drivers in CURRENT and STABLE both
    require giant. I have a pair of NICs and multiprocessor machines to
    test this on. Please send me an email if you've got a concern about
    this or have already started work...

    Thanks,

    --Paul Willmann

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