On Sun, 16 May 2004 02:25:14 -0500 Al Borchers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You suggested a workaround to this a few months ago, but it was not > the correct solution. I hope that is not the patch you are suggesting. > That patch did not solve the problem and risked out of order writes. It does solve the problem and out of order writes are not happening. You haven't followed, I see. > The correct solution is to remove the semaphore in usbserial in some > places and have the low level serial drivers do any locking they need > themselves. This is what is done in 2.6. Both solutions are correct, although the 2.6 is superior, at least on grounds of cleanliness. It's just not feasible in 2.4. I'm re-sending the post_helper to Marcelo and I am including you on cc: so you can voice your objections or perhaps even try it out before that. But I don't think it will change anything, simply because the post_helper had a good run in Fedora, with gradual improvement. -- Pete ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: SourceForge.net Broadband Sign-up now for SourceForge Broadband and get the fastest 6.0/768 connection for only $19.95/mo for the first 3 months! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=2562&alloc_id=6184&op=click _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
