From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Xavier Bachelot Subject: Re: Fix for longhaul deadlock ? Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 10:49:00 +0200 Message-ID: <4462FA7C.9060904@kelkoo.net> References: <446275B3.8010802@kelkoo.net> <20060510234039.GD25646@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20060510234039.GD25646@redhat.com> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: cpufreq-bounces@lists.linux.org.uk Errors-To: cpufreq-bounces+glkc-cpufreq=m.gmane.org+glkc-cpufreq=m.gmane.org@lists.linux.org.uk Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Dave Jones Cc: cpufreq@lists.linux.org.uk Dave Jones wrote: > On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 01:22:27AM +0200, Xavier Bachelot wrote: > > Hi, > > > > VIA recently pretended to have fixed the long-known longhaul bug. I've > > diff'ed the longhaul.c file from kernel tree against their patched > > version. Result is attached. I didn't tested it and I don't pretend to > > understand what the patch does, but I though I just post it here in case > > someone more knowledgeable could kindly take a look. > > For reference, here is the link to VIA site : > > http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=420&OSID=30&CatID=2800 > > *sigh*, I've now seen three separate 'fixes' for this driver, all different, > and all of them against some ancient version of the driver, which makes > creating diffs painful. > > I'm in the process of moving house, but once I'm moved into my new place, > putting my via machines back in working order and getting this driver > ship-shape again is pretty high on my todo list. > > Dave > Nice to know it's on your todo list :-) Count me as a beta tester, especially if you plan to push a kernel with longhaul fixes to rawhide. A follow-up on this thread or a note sent to cpufreq ml would be much appreciated, as I'm not tracking rawhide closely though. Cheers, Xavier