Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:30:12 +0300 | From | Sergei Shtylyov <> | Subject | Re: [patch 2/6 -rt] powerpc 2.6.20-rt8: to convert spinlocks to raw ones. |
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Hello.
Paul Mackerras wrote:
>> I've already sent a patch fixing this one (along with many others) a month >>ago:
>>http://ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2007-February/031164.html
>> I wonder iof it was ever considered... :-/
> The entire patch description was just this:
>>Convert the spinlocks in the PowerPC interrupt related code into the raw ones, >>also convert the PURR and PMC related spinlocks...
> which says what you did, but gives NO CLUE about why this might be a > good thing to do - what problem it fixes or what desirable outcome it > produces. I will not apply patches with inadequate descriptions.
As I said, this was intended for the -rt patch, hence the question was for Ingo. I CC'ed the list just to keep people here in a loop.
> Paul.
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