On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 10:29:17PM +0100, Oliver Neukum wrote: > > > Completely fixing this bug requires a change to a lot of api functions. > > > Have a look at, eg. kaweth.c/kaweth_start_xmit(). It can deadlock on > > > smp. > > > There are a lot of drivers doing dma on the stack. I know it's bad, > > > but sometimes a compromise must be reached. > > > > Right. And that's 2.5 fodder that can be backported, yes? > > Only at the cost of breaking all external drivers.
...which will when the time comes have to cope with 2.5 and 2.4 being different regardless. This happend (generically) in 2.2 a few times to make backporting easier, yes? -- Tom Rini (TR1265) http://gate.crashing.org/~trini/ _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
