Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 9 Sep 2002 15:11:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 9 Sep 2002 15:11:54 -0400 Received: from serenity.mcc.ac.uk ([130.88.200.93]:14088 "EHLO serenity.mcc.ac.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 9 Sep 2002 15:11:48 -0400 Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 20:16:26 +0100 From: John Levon To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: jonathan@buzzard.org.uk Subject: Re: [Patch] 2.5.34 IRQ Patch Message-ID: <20020909191626.GA59685@compsoc.man.ac.uk> References: <20020909120451.GA23868@comet> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020909120451.GA23868@comet> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.25i X-Url: http://www.movementarian.org/ X-Record: Boards of Canada - Geogaddi Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 968 Lines: 22 On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 08:04:52AM -0400, James Blackwell wrote: > A note to those that are a bit rough on kernel patch newbies.... submitting > a kernel patch for the very first time is a rather intimidating experience > so please don't chew my head off unless its absolutely necessary. I didn't look at this particular case, but the fixes are generally not as simple as just replacing them mechanically. You need to ensure that things are still properly locked wrt the interrupt handler since the semantics have changed. See the discussion in the mail archives regards john -- "This *is* Usenet, after all, where virtually every conversation that goes on is fairly ludicrous in the first place." - Godwin's Law FAQ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/