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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: [announce] [patch] Voluntary Kernel
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Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2004-07-13 at 05:00, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > framebuffer scrolling inside lock_kernel().  Tricky.  Suggest you use X or
> > >  > vgacon.  You can try removing the lock_kernel() calls from do_tty_write(),
> > >  > but make sure you're wearing ear protection.
> > >  > 
> > > 
> > >  OK, I figured this was not an easy one.  I can just not do that.
> > 
> > Why not?  You can certainly try removing those [un]lock_kernel() calls.
> > 
> 
> Maybe I missed something.  What exactly do you mean by 'make sure you're
> wearing ear protection'?
> 

It might go boom.  If it does screw up, it probably won't be very seriously
bad - maybe some display glitches.  Just an experiment.