Re: Fix for longhaul deadlock ?

[Xavier Bachelot <xb_ml@kelkoo.net>]

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