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Subject: Re: [patch] "big IRQ lock" removal, 2.5.27-A5
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
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On Sun, 2002-07-21 at 21:50, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> fixed the arch/i386/kernel/mca.c hacks as well:
>  
>      http://redhat.com/~mingo/remove-irqlock-patches/remove-irqlock-2.5.27-A6
> 
> while there cannot be many MCA SMP boxes in existence, it should be SMP
> safe as well.

The NCR boxes and the 9595 are probably about it. There are plenty of
9595's around but if you ever acquire one make sure someone else is
paying postage 8)

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