Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 6 Sep 2000 18:28:27 +0100 (BST) | From | Tigran Aivazian <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] my current kernel todo list |
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On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Wed, Sep 06, 2000 at 05:37:50PM +0100, Tigran Aivazian escreveu: > > On Mon, 4 Sep 2000, Tigran Aivazian wrote: > > > > > On Fri, 25 Aug 2000, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote: > > > > now the driver init sequence is not > > > > serialized anymore, so races are possible > > > > > > since when? In 2.4.0-test8-pre2 mod->init and mod->cleanup are called > > > under global kernel lock. As for static drivers they are initialised from > > > either start_kernel() or init()->do_basic_setup() both of which take > > > global kernel lock. > > > > > > > Ok, I understand this now - just cheched the cardbus/pcihotplug code. > > > > Ok, now if you do this, please leave out ne.c and hp100.c - I have the > > cards for these two so I can do it and test it myself. > > humm, In fact I've already sent a patch to Paul Gortmaker only, asking > for feedback about the PCI case (that I think should be removed from it, > as ne2k-pci already has this), here it is, maybe it'll help you in the > process.
excellent idea (about removing PCI code from ne.c) - what did Paul say?
Also, omit pcnet32.c from your list as I have it too (well, vmware virtual one) so I'll do it as well.
Regards, Tigran
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