linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers/scsi/mca_53c9x.c : save

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Date:	Wed, 08 Nov 2006 09:19:12 +0900
From:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...elEye.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	Amol Lad <amol@...ismonetworks.com>,
	linux kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/scsi/mca_53c9x.c : save_flags()/cli() removal

On Tue, 2006-11-07 at 12:53 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:

> hm.  How do we find out if this works?

I'm not sure anyone has this type of HW anymore.  It was the original
SCSI chip for the old MCA based IBM PC.  I can dig through my hardware
bins to see if I have a card, but I don't think so.

> If it _does_ work then we can now remove the Kconfig BROKEN_ON_SMP dependency
> for this driver.

Theoretically, yes ... practically I don't think there was an SMP box
produced with this chip.

James


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