Re: [Linux-ia64] kernel update (relative to 2.4.13)

David Mosberger
2001-10-30T02:20:50Z

>>>>> On 26 Oct 2001 16:36:22 +0200, Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de> said:

Andreas> David Mosberger <davidm@hpl.hp.com> writes: |> An updated
Andreas> ia64 patch for 2.4.13 is now available at |>
Andreas> ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/ports/ia64/ in file:

Andreas> The patch add a definition for bust_spinlocks in
Andreas> arch/ia64/kernel/traps.c which is slightly different from
Andreas> the implementation in lib/bust_spinlocks.c. Does it make
Andreas> sense to merge them?

Not unless you make them exactly the same. ;-)

The issue is global_irq_lock. It's existence depends on the platform.
FYI, i386 does the same thing (just in a different place: mm/fault.c).

--david