Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 30 Jul 2002 11:45:50 +0200 | From | Marcin Dalecki <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] 2.5.29 IDE 108 |
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Alan Cox wrote: > On Mon, 2002-07-29 at 20:27, Marcin Dalecki wrote: > >>- Fixup cmd640 fix by LT. > > > The CMD640 fix is wrong. You must take pci_lock to protected the cmd640 > pci access functions. You also need to check if conf1/conf2 is available > otherwise you will crash some systems when the driver init runs (found > by Justin Gibbs at Adaptec). I sent Linus the proper patch for this a > few days ago and cc'd the list. > > Basically conf1/conf2 is protected elsewhere in the kernel via arch > specific locks and via a higher level config lock. Since the non x86 > folks use CMD640 we have to take the higher level lock.
Yes I know. However I see the bk-tree drifting and therefore I have postponed the integration of your patch a bit. The chunk above I did immediately after 2.5.29 release. Hope this explains. OK?
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