Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:00:45 +0200 | | From | Mikael Pettersson <> | | Subject | Re: Linux v2.6.18-rc5 |
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Paul Mackerras writes: > Olaf, > > This patch should fix it. The problem was that I was comparing a > 32-bit quantity with a 64-bit quantity, and consequently time wasn't > advancing. This makes us use a 64-bit quantity on all platforms, > which ends up simplifying the code since we can now get rid of the > tb_last_stamp variable (which actually fixes another bug that Ben H > and I noticed while going carefully through the code). > > This works fine on my G4 tibook. Let me know how it goes on your > machines.
Thanks. This fixed a kernel hang bug on my G4 eMac with 2.6.18-rc5.
The vanilla kernel ran fine until I tar xvf'd a file from an NFS-mount, then everything ground to a halt.
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