Re: Linux v2.6.18-rc5

From: Olaf Hering
Date: Tue Aug 29 2006 - 11:50:36 EST


On Tue, Aug 29, Nathan Lynch wrote:

> Hi Olaf-
>
> Olaf Hering wrote:
> > On Sun, Aug 27, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> >
> > > Pls test it out, and please remind all the appropriate people about any
> > > regressions you find (including any found earlier if they haven't been
> > > addressed yet).
> >
> > > Nathan Lynch:
> > > [POWERPC] Fix gettimeofday inaccuracies
> >
> > Tested on B&W G3, iBook1 and a G4/466.
> > This patch causes deadlocks on ppc32, but not on ppc64. Have to verify
> > it on a vanilla kernel, but I'm sure there are no funky patches in
> > openSuSE.
> >
> > https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=202146
>
> Sorry about that, does this (a partial revert of the change) fix it
> for you?

Yes, it works ok with this change.

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