Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 16 Nov 2000 17:28:15 +0100 (CET) | From | Tobias Ringstrom <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] pcmcia event thread. (fwd) |
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On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, David Woodhouse wrote: > > alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk said: > > Umm.. Linus drivers dont appear to be SMP safe on unload > > AFAIK, no kernel threads are currently SMP safe on unload. However, > the PCMCIA thread would be safe with the patch below, and we could fairly > easily convert the others to use up_and_exit() once it's available. > > Anyone using PCMCIA or CardBus with 2.4, even if you have a non-CardBus > i82365 or TCIC controller for which the driver was disabled in test11-pre5, > please could you test this? Especially if you have TCIC, in fact, because > it's already been tested successfully on yenta and i82365. > > (pcmcia-dif-7). Linus, this is the full patch against pre5, including the > incremental part I sent this morning.
I have finally managed to find time to test it, and after five minutes, I must say that it looks very good. I was able to both plug and unplug cards, and cardmgr did what it was supposed to do. If something bad turns up, I will let you know.
I vote for inclusion! :-)
/Tobias
dmesg info:
Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.1.22 options: [pci] [cardbus] [pm] Intel PCIC probe: Vadem VG-469 ISA-to-PCMCIA at port 0x3e0 ofs 0x00, 2 sockets host opts [0]: none host opts [1]: none ISA irqs (scanned) = 3,4,5,7 polling interval = 1000 ms
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