Re: [patch] Real-Time Preemption, -RT-2.6.12-rc6-V0.7.48-00

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* Zoltan Boszormenyi <[email protected]> wrote:

> >does -48-13 work any better?
> >
> >	Ingo
> 
> x86-64 needs the attached patch to compile.

(patch MIA)

> Some drivers also fail to compile because of
> SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED changes, e.g. softdog and
> four files under net/atm. [...]

i'll fix those up.

> A question, though: why do you comment out the DMPS timer in 
> drivers/char/vt.c? Does it cause any problems? I applied the -RT tree 
> after the multiconsole patch and I had to modify those four chunks 
> manually.

this is a quick hack. The timer code is fully preemptible, but for 
debugging one wants to have a working printk from hardirq contexts too.  
I.e. the mod_timer()/del_timer() would print warnings on PREEMPT_RT. 
We'll need some other approach to solve this cleanly.

	Ingo
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