Re: rt20 patch question

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Fri May 12 2006 - 05:20:36 EST



On Fri, 12 May 2006, Mark Hounschell wrote:

> Steven Rostedt wrote:
>
> Done. Keep in mind it was taken only after one of those BUGs that seemed
> to cause a network connection loss into the emulation. It was not taken
> after one of those "stops" in 'complete preempt' mode. Did the logdev
> output show anything of interest concerning the "stops"?

Damn, your logdev email got lost in the noise. I'm glad you mentioned it
otherwise I would have never known you sent it. I'll look at it now.

>
> So do you think this BUG reported in 'preempt kernel' mode is related to
> the "stops" I am having in 'complete preempt mode?
>

Yes. That BUG thread that I included you on affects you if hardirqs are
threaded in any preempt mode. So yes it is a bug in 'complete preempt
mode' too. So that driver really does need to be fixed for you.
Unfortunately, I don't have the time now to fix that.

Perhaps someone else can?

-- Steve

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