> > It would be nice to make it preempt/smp safe, through. [SMP notebooks
> > are not so unreasonable; think p4 hyperthreading].
>
> They are here. The code that is protected by cli() and friends does not
> run on any anything more fancy than a Pentium. As I recall nothing but
> mobile P90 in a Portage 610CT and a mobile P120 in a Tecra 700CDT/CDS.
Its still not safe due to preempt.
Anyway #ifdef PREEMPT bug, and comment that this is never ever used on
SMP might be enough.
Pavel
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