Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 15 Mar 2002 00:36:49 -0800 | From | Ian Duggan <> | Subject | Re: 2.4.18 Preempt Freezeups |
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> Pretty clear it is win4line. Is it SMP-safe? > > Is there another kernel module you load for win4lin? Binary? It needs > to be made preempt (and SMP) -safe.
It is SMP safe. I've used it for ages on SMP kernels. The frutstrating thing is that it worked for weeks without a hitch using 2.4.17+preempt+mki+win4lin. It is only recently that I began to experience very intermittent problems on that kernel.
What does it mean to make something "preempt" safe? Is it something beyond "SMP safe"?
I misspoke slightly before. The mki-adapter patch actually provides a GPL'd module. The README from it says:
"This kernel module attempts to isolate all of the functions and structures that NeTraverse utilizes in it's binary kernel modules."
The win4lin patch (also GPL) provides hooks for the mki-adapter module to call.
I'm not asking for help fixing it, because of the binary module issue. I'm just looking for ways to narrow down where the problem might be, given that the machine completely locks up.
-- Ian
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