Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 15 Mar 2002 00:38:37 -0800 | From | Ian Duggan <> | Subject | Re: 2.4.18 Preempt Freezeups |
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Alan Cox wrote: > > > Stock 2.4.18+preempt+mki-adapter+win4lin > > - Very frequent, and also repeatable every time I > > try to start win4lin. > > pre-empt is almost certainly going to break things like win4lin
What is required for preempt beyond "SMP safe" code? I thought the whole idea was to make the preemptions transparent to other code by utilizing the SMP critical regions?
-- Ian
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