Plan to remove GIANT dependence in ixgb driver

[Paul Willmann]

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