From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265125AbUFRMKF (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Jun 2004 08:10:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265126AbUFRMKE (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Jun 2004 08:10:04 -0400 Received: from 30.Red-80-36-33.pooles.rima-tde.net ([80.36.33.30]:35808 "EHLO linalco.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265125AbUFRMKB (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Jun 2004 08:10:01 -0400 Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 14:09:42 +0200 From: Ragnar Hojland Espinosa To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: bmarsh@bmarsh.com, "Randy.Dunlap" Subject: Re: Use of Moxa serial card with SMP kernels Message-ID: <20040618120355.GA22970@linalco.com> References: <200406171112.39485.bmarsh@bmarsh.com> <20040617084132.510d0bcb.rddunlap@osdl.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040617084132.510d0bcb.rddunlap@osdl.org> X-Edited-With-Muttmode: muttmail.sl - 2001-09-27 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 08:41:32AM -0700, Randy.Dunlap wrote: > Both Moxa serial drivers (moxa & mxser) are BROKEN_ON_SMP because > they use cli() to disable interrupts for critical sections. > See Documentation/cli-sti-removal.txt for details. > They will need some acceptable modern form of protection there, > > Is anyone working on this? not that I've heard of. > Have you tried this email address: > Copyright (C) 1999-2000 Moxa Technologies (support@moxa.com.tw). I'd try writing and asking about it; they were very helpful when we had problems. -- Ragnar Hojland - Project Manager Linalco "Specialists in Linux and Free Software" http://www.linalco.com Tel: +34-91-4561700