Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 6 Sep 1998 16:01:55 -0400 (EDT) | From | Gregory Maxwell <> | Subject | Re: 2.1.110 and newer, SB AWE64 |
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On Sun, 6 Sep 1998, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > No. Im still trying to find a pattern to people with this problem beyond > > > 2.0.x works 2.1.x doesnt. > > > > Well it looks like a simple dead lock to me.. > > If it was a simple deadlock it wouldnt explain why it only hits people > with VIA chipsets, or why a simple DOS demo of the VIA problem exists. > > The non VIA reports (SMP ones) may be deadlocks or DMA programming clashes, > I've just not found any yet either > > > Alan
Hmm.. To you think it would sensible for me to try to rigup a perl script that sticks a spinlock around every dma access? Where would I define the lock for it to be visible throught the entire kernel?
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