Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264826AbUFLOmr (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Jun 2004 10:42:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264827AbUFLOmr (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Jun 2004 10:42:47 -0400 Received: from nepa.nlc.no ([195.159.31.6]:45757 "HELO nepa.nlc.no") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S264826AbUFLOmq (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Jun 2004 10:42:46 -0400 Message-ID: <1734.83.109.11.80.1087051353.squirrel@nepa.nlc.no> In-Reply-To: <1087050351.707.5.camel@boxen> References: <20040612134413.GA3396@sirius.home> <1087050351.707.5.camel@boxen> Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 16:42:33 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Re: timer + fpu stuff locks up computer From: stian@nixia.no To: "Alexander Nyberg" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Sergey Vlasov" , "Rik van Riel" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.0-1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 611 Lines: 17 > Sorry for this extremely informative mail but, doesn't work. > > Looks like the problem is only being delayed: Makes sense, since fwait is done in kernel-mode and it takes some time for the exception to rise, since this is a slow instruction. So the problem gets delayed. What do you think Sergey? Does the other dirty nasty patch work for you? Stian Skjelstad - 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/