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Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2002 20:10:32 -0500
From: Thomas Hood <jdthood@mail.com>
Subject: Re: PnP BIOS driver status
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On Fri, 2002-03-08 at 20:00, Brian Gerst wrote:
> The current driver is not SMP-safe.

That's true.

> It is modifying the GDT descriptors
> outside of the pnp_bios_lock.  Also, you can remove the __cli(), as
> spin_lock_irq() already turns off interrupts.

I'd welcome a patch like the return of a kidnapped pet.

--
Thomas

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