From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S275533AbTHMUuT (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Aug 2003 16:50:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S275534AbTHMUuT (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Aug 2003 16:50:19 -0400 Received: from hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de ([129.187.202.12]:6118 "HELO hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S275533AbTHMUuO (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Aug 2003 16:50:14 -0400 Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 22:50:06 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: John Bradford Cc: davidsen@tmr.com, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, wowbagger@sktc.net Subject: Re: time for some drivers to be removed? Message-ID: <20030813205006.GL569@fs.tum.de> References: <200308132055.h7DKtTkH002249@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200308132055.h7DKtTkH002249@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 09:55:29PM +0100, John Bradford wrote: > > > > Interesting question - whatever I guess. We don't have an existing convention. > > > > How many drivers have we got nowdays that failing on just SMP ? > > > > > > I 2.6.0-test2 tested on i386 with a .config that is without support for > > > modules and compiles as much as possible statically into the kernel. > > > Without claiming completeness, I found this way besides the complete Old > > > ISDN4Linux subsystem 36 drivers that compile due to cli/sti issues only > > > on UP. > > > > Should those be made to depend on SMP (not SMP) perhaps? They are probably > > high candidates for fixing if they work UP. > > Especially since a lot of the time, 'works on UP, but not on SMP', > really means, 'broken on UP and SMP, but the bug is much more > difficult to trigger on UP'. Please reread my mail: "that compile due to cli/sti issues only on UP". This clearly disproves your theory. > John. cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed