From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 21 Jul 2002 17:02:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 21 Jul 2002 17:02:24 -0400 Received: from pc2-cwma1-5-cust12.swa.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.121.12]:8183 "EHLO irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 21 Jul 2002 17:02:23 -0400 Subject: Re: [patch] "big IRQ lock" removal, 2.5.27-A5 From: Alan Cox To: Ingo Molnar Cc: Linus Torvalds , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Robert Love In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.3 (1.0.3-6) Date: 21 Jul 2002 23:17:44 +0100 Message-Id: <1027289864.16819.117.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 2002-07-21 at 21:50, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > fixed the arch/i386/kernel/mca.c hacks as well: > > http://redhat.com/~mingo/remove-irqlock-patches/remove-irqlock-2.5.27-A6 > > while there cannot be many MCA SMP boxes in existence, it should be SMP > safe as well. The NCR boxes and the 9595 are probably about it. There are plenty of 9595's around but if you ever acquire one make sure someone else is paying postage 8)