[Linux-ia64] Re: [Ia64] Netscape (32-bit) locks machine

Mark Vojkovich
2000-08-26T01:22:08Z

On Fri, 25 Aug 2000, Michael Madore wrote:

> It was pointed out to me that /dev/mem needs to be opened with O_SYNC, so
> that it will not be mapped write-cache. Mapping it with write cache can
> cause lockups. I have a patch applied in os-support/lnx_video.c that
> fixes this problem, but I still get lockups. I was wondering if there
> are any other places in the code where this could be happening?

/dev/mem was already being opened with O_SYNC in lnx_video.c.

Mark.