From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261214AbULHNxY (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Dec 2004 08:53:24 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261218AbULHNxY (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Dec 2004 08:53:24 -0500 Received: from [213.146.154.40] ([213.146.154.40]:14743 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261216AbULHNxU (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Dec 2004 08:53:20 -0500 Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 13:53:14 +0000 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Patrick van de Lageweg Cc: Linus Torvalds , Linux Kernel list , Rogier Wolff , Eric Wood , bmckinlay@perle.com, tmckinlay@perle.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] generic-serial Message-ID: <20041208135314.GA31975@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Patrick van de Lageweg , Linus Torvalds , Linux Kernel list , Rogier Wolff , Eric Wood , bmckinlay@perle.com, tmckinlay@perle.com References: <20041208132938.GB19937@bitwizard.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041208132938.GB19937@bitwizard.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 02:29:38PM +0100, Patrick van de Lageweg wrote: > Hi, > > This patch converts all save_flags/restore_flags to the new > spin_lick_irqsave/spin_unlock_irqrestore calls, as well as some > other 2.6.X cleanups. This prepares the way for the "io8+", > "sx" and "rio" drivers to become SMP safe. Patches for those > drivers follow. I'd really prefer moving those drivers over to the new serial core framework than sticking more work into that obsolete code.