Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 20 Sep 1996 16:59:41 +0300 (EET DST) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: Processes hanging on 2.0.20; not just on Alphas anymore :( |
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On Fri, 20 Sep 1996, Alan Cox wrote: > > Yep. I think this is another manifestation of the file locking stuff that > locks SMP in 2.0.20, but in a differently annoying guise. Linus posted some > changes to avoid this problem so hopefully .21 will fix it
Yep, 2.0.21 is out, and now SMP should be stable again thanks to the file locking fixes (thanks to everybody who was testing things out). This also does the "make depend" stage in C (everybodys fabourite gripe), and it's a lot faster now. Whee.
2.0.21 also fixes a deadlock with the LOOP devices thanks to Ray Van Tassle who has been working on this for some time.
The 3c509 driver also has a longer timeout that seems to be needed on some setups, so if you had sporadic problems with detection of the 3c509 they should hopefully be gone now. The wd7000 scsi driver is also updated, please check it out.
Linus "on to 2.1, I think" Torvalds
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