RE: NS83820 2.6.0-test5 driver seems unstable on IA64

David Mosberger
2003-09-23T18:06:04Z

>>>>> On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 12:58:59 -0500, "Van Maren, Kevin" <kevin.vanmaren@unisys.com> said:

Van> That's my view on the fpswa printk's (handle_fpu_swa): they are
Van> normal, expected, and there is absolutely nothing that can be
Van> done about them -- so why print a "warning" about them (even if
Van> it is only 5 per second)? If nothing else, toggle the meaning
Van> for IA64_THREAD_FPEMU_NOPRINT: turn it ON for special apps.

So what's wrong with doign prctl --fpemul=silent in the init process?
The flags are inherited across fork().

--david