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From: Robert Love <rml@tech9.net>
To: Ian Duggan <ian@ianduggan.net>
Cc: linux kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.4.18 Preempt Freezeups
Date: 15 Mar 2002 09:25:09 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1016202310.908.1.camel@phantasy> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3C91B2A1.48C74B82@ianduggan.net>
In-Reply-To: <3C9153A7.292C320@ianduggan.net> <1016157250.4599.62.camel@phantasy>  <3C91B2A1.48C74B82@ianduggan.net>

On Fri, 2002-03-15 at 03:36, Ian Duggan wrote:

> I'm not asking for help fixing it, because of the binary module issue.
> I'm just looking for ways to narrow down where the problem might be,
> given that the machine completely locks up.

Chances are the binary win4lin module just needs to be recompiled
against a preemptive kernel.

Of course, it could need some specific preempt-safe work but more than
likely it just needs to be recompiled.  Binary modules most be
specifically preempt-kernel aware, like they need be SMP-kernel aware.

	Robert Love


  reply	other threads:[~2002-03-15 14:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-03-15  1:51 2.4.18 Preempt Freezeups Ian Duggan
2002-03-15  1:54 ` Robert Love
2002-03-15  8:36   ` Ian Duggan
2002-03-15 14:25     ` Robert Love [this message]
2002-03-15 16:11       ` Mikael Pettersson
2002-03-15 19:11         ` Robert Love
2002-03-16  0:40           ` yodaiken
2002-03-16  1:46             ` Mike Fedyk
2002-03-16  3:12               ` yodaiken
2002-03-17  0:33             ` Daniel Phillips
2002-03-17  1:13               ` yodaiken
2002-03-17  1:14                 ` Daniel Phillips
2002-03-17  1:54                   ` yodaiken
2002-03-17  2:08                     ` Daniel Phillips
2002-03-17 21:17                     ` Davide Libenzi
2002-03-15 14:30     ` Alan Cox
2002-03-15 21:36       ` Ian Duggan
2002-03-15  2:11 ` Alan Cox
2002-03-15  8:38   ` Ian Duggan
2002-03-15  8:51     ` David S. Miller
2002-03-15 14:28     ` Alan Cox
2002-03-16 23:51       ` Daniel Phillips
2002-03-17  3:31         ` Alan Cox
2002-03-17 12:59           ` Dave Jones
2002-03-15  8:43   ` Daniel Phillips

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