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From: Robert Love <rml@tech9.net>
To: J Sloan <jjs@pobox.com>
Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: heads-up: preempt kernel and tux NO-GO
Date: 27 Nov 2001 23:27:32 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1006921653.824.2.camel@phantasy> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3C043B11.2FA17A19@pobox.com>
In-Reply-To: <3C043B11.2FA17A19@pobox.com>

On Tue, 2001-11-27 at 20:17, J Sloan wrote:

> So, there is an issue with tux and the preempt
> patch - I've got big plans for tux atm, so for
> now I will have to do without preempt -

Tux makes heavy use of per-CPU data and some of it is undoubtedly not
preempt-safe.  It is probably trivial to fix but would take some
familiarity with the codebase...Ingo would know best.  Its not on the
top of my todo list, but I will look into it. 

	Robert Love


  parent reply	other threads:[~2001-11-28  4:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-11-28  1:17 heads-up: preempt kernel and tux NO-GO J Sloan
2001-11-28  2:12 ` Oliver Xymoron
2001-11-28  2:23   ` J Sloan
2001-11-28  2:30   ` Andrew Morton
2001-11-28  4:27 ` Robert Love [this message]
2001-11-29  4:11 ` data point: tux and low-latency patches OK J Sloan
2001-11-29  1:18   ` interrupt ? McEnroe
2001-11-29 17:07     ` Robert Love
2001-11-29 21:03       ` Mike Fedyk
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-11-28  1:21 heads-up: preempt kernel and tux NO-GO J Sloan

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