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Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 10:43:35 -0700
From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
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Subject: Re: [UBUNTU:acpi/ec] Use semaphore instead of spinlock
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Luiz Fernando N. Capitulino wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 16:22:26 -0700
> Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> | From: Ben Collins <bcollins@ubuntu.com>
> | 
> | [UBUNTU:acpi/ec] Use semaphore instead of spinlock to get rid of missed
> | interrupts on ACPI EC (embedded controller)
> 
>  Why not the new mutex API?

Yes, of course, as Arjan also said.  Arjan also had some other
good comments about this particular patch.

Thanks,
~Randy