Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] solved APM bug with -rc5 | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | 01 Aug 2002 23:16:23 +0100 |
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On Thu, 2002-08-01 at 21:35, Willy TARREAU wrote:
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_SMP > + /* 2002/08/01 - WT > + * This is to avoid random crashes at boot time during initialization > + * on SMP systems in case of "apm=power-off" mode. Seen on ASUS A7M266D. > + * Some bioses don't like being called from CPU != 0. > + */ > + while (cpu_number_map(smp_processor_id()) != 0) { > + schedule(); > + } > +#endif
What guarantees that loop will ever exit ?
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