From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751547Ab1AYATy (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:19:54 -0500 Received: from mx3.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.1.138]:55351 "EHLO mx3.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751307Ab1AYATx (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:19:53 -0500 Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 01:19:40 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Alexander Gordeev Cc: Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Thomas Gleixner Subject: Re: [PATCH] pps: claim parallel port exclusively Message-ID: <20110125001940.GD17623@elte.hu> References: <20110121194317.GA8908@elte.hu> <5f4d478f7f5ec0e0734b29e6f35c635c86a2488d.1295912692.git.lasaine@lvk.cs.msu.su> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5f4d478f7f5ec0e0734b29e6f35c635c86a2488d.1295912692.git.lasaine@lvk.cs.msu.su> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-08-17) X-ELTE-SpamScore: -2.0 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-2.0 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.5 -2.0 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Alexander Gordeev wrote: > Both pps_parport and pps_gen_parport are written in a way that they > can't share a port with any other driver. This can result in locking up > the process that loads modules or even the whole kernel if the modules > are compiled in. Use PARPORT_FLAG_EXCL to indicate this. > > Signed-off-by: Alexander Gordeev Thanks Alexander - i think the bug you fixed here explains the symptoms i was seeing. Consider the bug fixed - i'll yell if something else pops up in testing. Thanks, Ingo