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SubjectRe: IEEE-1394 problem on init [ was Re: Linux 2.4.21-rc1 ]
On Wed, Apr 23, 2003 at 02:53:15PM +0200, Stelian Pop wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2003 at 05:29:40AM -0700, Tony Spinillo wrote:
>
> > Stelian
> >
> > Similiar problem here. Machine boots fine, but when I plug my DV
> > camera in I can't cat /proc/bus/ieee1394/ devices, and I get looping
> > messages in dmesg. If I move the 1394 drivers from pre-7 in, all works
> > fine.
> > (Thanks Dan). I submitted my logs and hw info to:
> > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=2009188&forum_id=5387
> >
>
> The following patch seems to cure my problem, I'm not sure yours
> is the same.
>
> I'm not absolutely sure about the corectness of the patch, but I
> believe that kernel_thread should not be called with interrupts
> disabled.
>
> I'll leave up to the ieee1394 developpers to decide if some other,
> semaphore based, locking is still necessary here.

The patch is broken, and the problem is already fixed in our repo. Just
a matter of getting Marcelo to accept my patch before 2.4.21 is
released.

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