[parisc-linux-cvs] linux varenet

Grant Grundler grundler@dsl2.external.hp.com
Sun, 20 Oct 2002 17:40:44 -0600


Thibaut Varene wrote:
> Reverted to SYM1 as default SYM driver for SMP debian-configs
> (Race condition in SYM2 makes SMP boxes unable to boot).

while sym2 is the victim of the spinlock deadlock ("race condition"),
I'm not convinced it's the cause of it. This stinks like someone is
unmasking interrupts and allowing the deadlock to occur.

grant