Re: new kmod patch (against 2.1.115)
Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Mon, 17 Aug 1998 20:57:25 +0100 (BST)
> The second fix is by Richard Hirst, that appears to be necessary for 680x0
> machines (though it may be necessary for other platforms). It appears
> that the MMU ATC entries must be flushed in the kernel thread.
> Admittedly, this is a band-aid, but until someone can find the "proper"
> fix (probably somewhere in the MM or kernel_thread() code), it makes kmod
> much more stable on some machines.
Linus maintains this isnt valid. The actual m68k code seems to make sense
(its optimising things that the kmod trick fools) but Linus wants the fix
in the clone code.
Alan
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