Re: 2.4.7-pre9..

Matthew Dharm (mdharm-kernel@one-eyed-alien.net)
Fri, 27 Jul 2001 09:18:58 -0700


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Oh damn....

It looks like I missed an important discussion in the torrent of e-mail
that I receive... could someone give me the 30-second executive summary so
I can look at what may need to change in usb-storage?

Matt

On Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 12:56:35PM +0000, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
>=20
> > I've changed all generic code, so drivers are all expected to compile a=
nd
> > work. However, some SCSI drivers use the semaphore trick in their own
> > code, and I've not mucked with that. It's not worth worrying about too
> > much, as the race is basically impossible to hit (famous last words), b=
ut
>=20
> I smell problems in usb/storage/*...
>=20
> <evil>
> What about adding strategic udelay() somewhere so race is easier to hit?
> </evil>
> Pavel
> --=20
> Philips Velo 1: 1"x4"x8", 300gram, 60, 12MB, 40bogomips, linux, mutt,
> details at http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/velo/index.html.
>=20
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