Re: [PATCH] viocons: BKL locking

2008-02-21 Thread Stephen Rothwell
Hi Alan, On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:50:56 + Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:58:29 +1100 > Paul Mackerras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Alan Cox writes: > > > > > For some weird reason I can't ascertain (translation "I think its > > > broken") the viocons driver

Re: [PATCH] viocons: BKL locking

2008-02-21 Thread Alan Cox
On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:58:29 +1100 Paul Mackerras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alan Cox writes: > > > For some weird reason I can't ascertain (translation "I think its > > broken") the viocons driver calls directly into the n_tty ldisc code even > > if another ldisc is in use. It'll probably

Re: [PATCH] viocons: BKL locking

2008-02-21 Thread Alan Cox
On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:58:29 +1100 Paul Mackerras [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alan Cox writes: For some weird reason I can't ascertain (translation I think its broken) the viocons driver calls directly into the n_tty ldisc code even if another ldisc is in use. It'll probably break if you do

Re: [PATCH] viocons: BKL locking

2008-02-21 Thread Stephen Rothwell
Hi Alan, On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:50:56 + Alan Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:58:29 +1100 Paul Mackerras [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alan Cox writes: For some weird reason I can't ascertain (translation I think its broken) the viocons driver calls directly into

Re: [PATCH] viocons: BKL locking

2008-02-20 Thread Paul Mackerras
Alan Cox writes: > For some weird reason I can't ascertain (translation "I think its > broken") the viocons driver calls directly into the n_tty ldisc code even > if another ldisc is in use. It'll probably break if you do that but I'm > just fixing the locking and adding a comment that its

[PATCH] viocons: BKL locking

2008-02-20 Thread Alan Cox
For some weird reason I can't ascertain (translation "I think its broken") the viocons driver calls directly into the n_tty ldisc code even if another ldisc is in use. It'll probably break if you do that but I'm just fixing the locking and adding a comment that its horked. Signed-off-by: Alan Cox

[PATCH] viocons: BKL locking

2008-02-20 Thread Alan Cox
For some weird reason I can't ascertain (translation I think its broken) the viocons driver calls directly into the n_tty ldisc code even if another ldisc is in use. It'll probably break if you do that but I'm just fixing the locking and adding a comment that its horked. Signed-off-by: Alan Cox

Re: [PATCH] viocons: BKL locking

2008-02-20 Thread Paul Mackerras
Alan Cox writes: For some weird reason I can't ascertain (translation I think its broken) the viocons driver calls directly into the n_tty ldisc code even if another ldisc is in use. It'll probably break if you do that but I'm just fixing the locking and adding a comment that its horked.