Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:10:14 +0100
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
To: Arnd Hannemann <hannemann@i4.informatik.rwth-aachen.de>
Cc: Jordan Crouse <jordan.crouse@amd.com>, Lars Heete <hel@admin.de>,
       Andres Salomon <dilinger@queued.net>,
       Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
       Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
       Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
       Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.24-rc8 hangs at mfgpt-timer
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* 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?

	Ingo
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