Re: PnP BIOS driver status
Brian Gerst (bgerst@didntduck.org)
Fri, 08 Mar 2002 20:37:55 -0500
Alan Cox wrote:
>
> > The current driver is not SMP-safe. It is modifying the GDT descriptors
> > outside of the pnp_bios_lock. Also, you can remove the __cli(), as
> > spin_lock_irq() already turns off interrupts.
>
> The GDT descriptors are private to the PNP BIOS and constant values once
> set up. No PnPBIOS call is made before the configuration is done.
>
> Seems ok to me - or am I missing something ?
Two user processes calling functions through /proc...
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Brian Gerst
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