On Jan 23, 2008 12:45 AM, Gaurav Aggarwal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It is still possible to disable all interrupts locally with
> local_save_flags() or local_irq_disable(). A single interrupt can be
> disabled globally with disable_irq()

Could you expand on that?  Which command is preferred in which situations?
SMP/UP make any difference?

Thanks.

-Bob

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