Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 24 Nov 1999 14:06:23 +0100 (CET) | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [patch] smp-2.3.29-B2, spinlocks, reboot |
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On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, Robert Redelmeier wrote:
> > the NMI oopser running on all SMP boxes unconditionally, which should > Yes. I have had one ooops I really ought to look up in System.map .
definitely. (preferably with 2.3.29+smp-B2)
> My understanding is that you don't have a chance of atomicity unless > the address is aligned [so it won't cross cache lines]. [..]
we align spinlocks properly. gcc aligns our spinlocks to 32-bit. 2.2 relies on this, we'd break obviously if this wasnt the case.
> > - cleaned up the reboot path, clean APIC/IOAPIC state after reboot > > Is this related to the documented 82443BX erratum of hanging on > reboot when DRAM refresh is in progress?
no.
-- mingo
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