Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:53:18 +0100 (CET) | From | Thomas Gleixner <> | Subject | [git pull] was: Re: 2.6.24-rc8 hangs at mfgpt-timer |
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On Tue, 22 Jan 2008, Ingo Molnar wrote: > * Arnd Hannemann <hannemann@i4.informatik.rwth-aachen.de> wrote: > > > > The attached patch rearranges the code so that the handler is > > > installed before we setup the interrupt (so we have somebody to > > > listen to the immediate interrupt), and it makes sure that we clear > > > the event in the IRQ handler regardless of the state of the timer > > > tick. > > > > This patch indeed solves the problem. The board boots fine. Great > > work! > > since this driver is new in 2.6.24, perhaps we should apply this fix to > v2.6.24?
Yes. It is definitely a safe change and makes otherwise broken systems work. There is no impact to anything else than the GEODEs.
Linus,
if you agree, please pull the fix from:
ssh://master.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-x86.git
Thanks,
tglx
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