[parisc-linux] tar, spinlocks and 715 and 720

Matthew Wilcox matthew@wil.cx
Mon, 12 Feb 2001 15:39:38 +0000


On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 06:50:42PM +1100, penfold@customware.com.au wrote:
> I there was discussion about tar locking up on 715 and the consesus was
> that it was spinlock related and due to an alignment issue.
> 
> Was this fixed?

not entirely, yet.

> Is/Was it a kernel or glibc problem?

glibc.  it's a `pthreads' problem.

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