Re: [UBUNTU:acpi/ec] Use semaphore instead of spinlock

Luiz Fernando N. Capitulino wrote:

On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 16:22:26 -0700
Randy Dunlap <[email protected]> wrote:

| From: Ben Collins <[email protected]>

| | [UBUNTU:acpi/ec] Use semaphore instead of spinlock to get rid of missed

| interrupts on ACPI EC (embedded controller)

 Why not the new mutex API?

Yes, of course, as Arjan also said.  Arjan also had some other
good comments about this particular patch.

Thanks,
~Randy

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