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SubjectRe: [patch 2/6 -rt] powerpc 2.6.20-rt8: to convert spinlocks to raw ones.
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.

WBR, Sergei
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