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

[Ingo Molnar]

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

>    From: Ingo Molnar <[e-mail]>
>    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