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Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 06:21:50 +1100
From: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
To: Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@ru.mvista.com>
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Subject: Re: [patch 2/6 -rt] powerpc 2.6.20-rt8: to convert spinlocks to raw
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Sergei Shtylyov writes:

>     As I said, this was intended for the -rt patch, hence the question was for 
> Ingo. I CC'ed the list just to keep people here in a loop.

OK, fair enough, but I still think the patch description was
inadequate.  In the -rt context, I would at least expect to see some
explanation as to why those particular locks needed to be converted.

Paul.