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Add an updating entry for the recent change in network stack locking

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default for debug.mpsafenet, pointing at the recent announcement and
things to try if instability is experienced.
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rwatson 2004-08-28 17:08:30 +00:00
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@ -23,6 +23,19 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 6.x IS SLOW:
developers choose to disable these features on build machines
to maximize performance.
20040828:
The default configuration for the network stack has been changed
such that it now runs without the Giant lock unless configured
otherwise. If you experience network-related instability, you
may wish to try setting "debug.mpsafenet=0" or compiling the
kernel with "options NET_WITH_GIANT". Details on the netperf
project may be found at:
http://www.watson.org/~robert/freebsd/netperf/
Including the 20040828 announcement of configuration change
details.
20040827:
PFIL_HOOKS are a fixed part of the network stack now and do not
need to be specified in the kernel configuration file anymore.