Re: Configure.help entries wanted

["Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com>]

Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>:
> Early ones for compare-and-exchange.  AFAIK no recent (Itanium B3 or
> later) cpu has these problems.

Entry now reads:

IA64 compare-and-exchange bug checking
CONFIG_IA64_DEBUG_CMPXCHG
  Selecting this option turns on bug checking for the IA64
  compare-and-exchange instructions.  This is slow!  Itaniums
  from step B3 or later don't have this problem. If you're unsure,
  select N.
 
> This is software, not hardware, debugging.  It saves addresses to help
> track down spinlock problems.

Entry now reads:

IA64 IRQ bug checking
CONFIG_IA64_DEBUG_IRQ
  Selecting this option turns on bug checking for the IA64 irq_save and
  restore instructions.  It's useful for tracking down spinlock problems,
  but slow!  If you're unsure, select N.
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