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Subject: Re: VIA 686 timer bugfix incomplete
To: diemer@gmx.de (Jonas Diemer)
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 12:15:47 +0000 (GMT)
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> but it seems that the patch was incomplete: The bug is still triggered on my
> computer using 2.4.14, but the bugfix seems to work whith -ac kernels.

The first piece is in.

> you can see what's missing to actually work around the via timer bug. I hope
> this will go into 2.4.15.

I don't plan to submit it until the locking fixes for the timer access are
done and we know the real cause
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