Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267466AbUIWXDK (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Sep 2004 19:03:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267535AbUIWWzo (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Sep 2004 18:55:44 -0400 Received: from lirs02.phys.au.dk ([130.225.28.43]:1706 "EHLO lirs02.phys.au.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267517AbUIWWw3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Sep 2004 18:52:29 -0400 Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 00:52:21 +0200 (METDST) From: Esben Nielsen To: "David S. Miller" Cc: yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org, linux-net@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ArcNet and 2.6.8.1 In-Reply-To: <20040923152411.1d1a08d2.davem@davemloft.net> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-DAIMI-Spam-Score: 0 () Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 803 Lines: 26 And I only want to explain why you don't see ArcNet used much with Linux :-) Oh well, I'll try to see if I can get time to make it stable with preemption on. Is preemption safe enough to ensure SMP safe or would I have to test on at least a hyperthreading machine as well? Esben On Thu, 23 Sep 2004, David S. Miller wrote: > > I have not argued the technical pros and cons of arcnet. > > I have merely stated that since you are the first person > reporting the OOPS, it is indicative that not many people > are testing arcnet in the 2.6.x kernel. > - 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/