Re: [UBUNTU:acpi/ec] Use semaphore instead of spinlock

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Fri Jun 16 2006 - 12:41:57 EST


Luiz Fernando N. Capitulino wrote:
On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 16:22:26 -0700
Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

| From: Ben Collins <bcollins@xxxxxxxxxx>
| | [UBUNTU:acpi/ec] Use semaphore instead of spinlock to get rid of missed
| interrupts on ACPI EC (embedded controller)

Why not the new mutex API?

Yes, of course, as Arjan also said. Arjan also had some other
good comments about this particular patch.

Thanks,
~Randy

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