Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934612AbYBTWBq (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:01:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757573AbYBTWBi (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:01:38 -0500 Received: from Mycroft.westnet.com ([216.187.52.7]:52350 "EHLO Mycroft.westnet.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756432AbYBTWBh (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:01:37 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <18364.41753.194174.253318@stoffel.org> Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:00:57 -0500 From: "John Stoffel" To: Alan Cox Cc: "John Stoffel" , akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] cyclades: Prepare for relaxed locking in callers In-Reply-To: <20080220214847.1a5590c3@core> References: <20080220201216.40d70747@core> <18364.39445.347911.402466@stoffel.org> <20080220214847.1a5590c3@core> X-Mailer: VM 8.0.x-xemacs-542 under Emacs 22.1.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1112 Lines: 29 >>>>> "Alan" == Alan Cox writes: Alan> On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:22:29 -0500 Alan> "John Stoffel" wrote: >> Alan> Basically wrap it in lock_kernel where it is hard to prove the Alan> locking is ok. >> >> I've got cyclades cards, both ISA and Serial. Do you want/need any >> specific tests? Or should I just send you (or your deputy) the ISA >> card for your collection? Alan> At the moment its fairly tricky to test unless you want to hack Alan> your tree up further. The patch prepares for stuff that I've not Alan> yet sent Andrew. I want to make sure we haven't broken anything Alan> before sending the small patches to fire it all up. Ok, please feel free to keep me in mind for testing. I've still got ISA box(en) here up and running and being used. As well as my Cyclom-Y PCI card in actual use still. John -- 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/