Re: 2.6.24-rc8 hangs at mfgpt-timer

From: Willy Tarreau
Date: Tue Jan 22 2008 - 16:50:53 EST


On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 10:10:14PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> * Arnd Hannemann <hannemann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > > The attached patch rearranges the code so that the handler is
> > > installed before we setup the interrupt (so we have somebody to
> > > listen to the immediate interrupt), and it makes sure that we clear
> > > the event in the IRQ handler regardless of the state of the timer
> > > tick.
> >
> > This patch indeed solves the problem. The board boots fine. Great
> > work!
>
> since this driver is new in 2.6.24, perhaps we should apply this fix to
> v2.6.24?

Yes, I do think so. You can add me too to the "Tested-by" lines if you want.

Willy

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