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From: Ian Duggan <ian@ianduggan.net>
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To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>, Robert Love <rml@tech9.net>,
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Subject: Re: 2.4.18 Preempt Freezeups
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Alan Cox wrote:
> 
> > Stock 2.4.18+preempt+mki-adapter+win4lin
> >       - Very frequent, and also repeatable every time I
> >               try to start win4lin.
> 
> pre-empt is almost certainly going to break things like win4lin

What is required for preempt beyond "SMP safe" code? I thought the whole
idea was to make the preemptions transparent to other code by utilizing
the SMP critical regions?

-- Ian

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