Re: [2.2.8] undefined reference to `disable_irq_nosync' (+ fix)

Ivan Kokshaysky (ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru)
Fri, 14 May 1999 10:47:09 +0400

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On Thu, May 13, 1999 at 06:46:18PM +0200, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
>
> Does the ARM port support SMP? If so the patch below is wrong for the ARM
> port.
>

StrongARM CPUs aren't SMP-capable AFAIK.

> Since Alpha supports SMP, the patch below is wrong for Alpha and right now
> Alpha (and I also checked Sparc64) had a SMP racing disable_irq().
>

Yes I know. It's temporary hack until we'll have a real fix (I think
Richard Henderson is working on it) and is correct for UP (99.9% of
Alphas running linux)

Ivan.

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