Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 17 Apr 2002 13:12:28 +0200 | From | bert hubert <> | Subject | Re: please merge 64-bit jiffy patches. |
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On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 11:07:49AM +0000, Tim Schmielau wrote:
> Rik van Riel correctly suggested to merge it in 2.5 first. I have a > forward-ported version, but it has a minor locking issue on UP.
I think that would be right. It touches a lot of code.
> Albert Cahalan suggested to get rid of locking at all by only updating the > high word from the timer interupt. I will try to code this on the weekend.
Smart.
> I'm sorry I had no time for lobbying the merge in the last month.
Anything I can do to help, just let me know. Right now I am actually facing costs because of this issue, so I am very much in favour of saving those costs 500 days from now :-)
Regards,
bert
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