From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de>
To: Gordon Stanton <coder101@linuxmail.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] must fix generic_serial .c
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2003 21:38:30 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030906193830.GD14436@fs.tum.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030901062643.14448.qmail@linuxmail.org>
On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 02:26:43PM +0800, Gordon Stanton wrote:
> Hi,
Hi Gordon,
> While trying to get most drivers in the kernel to compile, I had to skip a lot of the older ones that use cli() and sti() since deep knowledge is needed to fix those. Because of this I am asking that someone would please fix generic_serial.c in drivers/char and document in a HOWTO on the steps they took and the reasons behind it. This would help more people to be able to understand and fix a lot of the other drivers with the cli/sti problem. Even if the it wasn't generic_serial.c but one of the other serial drivers with the same problem, it still would be very instructive and help other to improve the kernel quicker.
it's a known problem that generic_serial doesn't compile in SMP kernels
due to cli/sti problems.
Documentation/cli-sti-removal.txt already documents how to fix such
drivers (although it's usually non-trivial).
> Gordon
cu
Adrian
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2003-09-01 6:26 [RFC] must fix generic_serial .c Gordon Stanton
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