Hi,
Please apply to 2.5.61.
The 3 lines being deleted are repeated from above (in same file).
I pulled the 2 lines being added from an earlier version of the patch.
-- ~Randypatch_name: cli-fixdoc.patch patch_version: 2003-02-17.13:15:29 author: Randy.Dunlap <rddunlap@osdl.org> description: correct cli-sti-removal.txt cut-n-paste'os product: Linux product_versions: linux-2561 changelog: _ URL: _ requires: _ conflicts: _ diffstat: = cli-sti-removal.txt | 5 ++--- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff -Naur ./Documentation/cli-sti-removal.txt%CLI ./Documentation/cli-sti-removal.txt --- ./Documentation/cli-sti-removal.txt%CLI Fri Feb 14 15:51:21 2003 +++ ./Documentation/cli-sti-removal.txt Mon Feb 17 13:15:09 2003 @@ -121,9 +121,8 @@ another related change is that synchronize_irq() now takes a parameter: synchronize_irq(irq). This change too has the purpose of making SMP -to make the transition easier, we've still kept the cli(), sti(), -save_flags() and restore_flags() macros defined on UP systems - but -their usage will be phased out until the 2.6 kernel is released. +synchronization more lightweight - this way you can wait for your own +interrupt handler to finish, no need to wait for other IRQ sources. why were these changes done? The main reason was the architectural burden - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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