Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 31 Dec 2004 17:16:42 -0500 | From | Jim Nelson <> | Subject | Re: [KJ] Re: [PATCH] esp: Make driver SMP-correct |
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Russell King wrote: > On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 10:00:37AM +0000, Russell King wrote: > >>On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 01:46:11AM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: >> >>>James Nelson <james4765@verizon.net> wrote: >>> >>>>This is an attempt to make the esp serial driver SMP-correct. It also removes >>>> some cruft left over from the serial_write() conversion. >>> >>>>From a quick scan: >>> >>>- startup() does multiple sleeping allocations and request_irq() under >>> spin_lock_irqsave(). Maybe fixed by this: >> >>However, can you guarantee that two threads won't enter startup() at >>the same time? (that's what ASYNC_INITIALIZED is protecting the >>function against, and the corresponding shutdown() as well.) >> >>It's probably better to port ESP to the serial_core structure where >>this type of thing is already taken care of. > > > For the record, Verizon appear to have adopted silly policies. > >>From now on, I will be removing the CC: line containing any verizon > email address until further notice, or just plain ignoring mails > containing such addresses. Why? To prevent the inevitable bounce > caused by their misconfigured systems. None of the servers I have > access to on several different ISPs can connect to Verizon's incoming > mail server. > > See: > http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,12116645~mode=flat~days=9999 > > particularly the last post by techie68, who claims to be a Verizon > tech support person. > > I encourage James Nelson to find another provider without silly policies > in the mean time. > >
Another mail provider has been found. Bloody Verizon.
Documentation/serial/driver mentions a reference implementation - serial_amba.c. Couldn't find it in the 2.6.10 kernel sources - was it removed, and what would be a good refernce implementation in the current sources?
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