Re: [Linux-ia64] [patch] 2.4.20-ia64-021210 new spinlock code

David Mosberger
2003-03-28T01:53:05Z

>>>>> On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 12:49:33 +1100, Keith Owens <kaos@sgi.com> said:

Keith> I am giving up on getting this patch into the community. It will be
Keith> applied to SGI ia64 kernels so they will be faster, smaller and have
Keith> better debugging. Community kernels will have to stay with the old
Keith> code and inferior debugging for hung spinlocks.

Well, that's your right. But please explain to me, just why is it so
hard to bring up the issue with the ABI folks? That would have taken
less time than to argueing a moot point with me.

--david