linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.18-rc2-mm1 timer int 0 doesn't work

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Message-ID: <20060731053109.GA14453@muc.de>
Date:	Mon, 31 Jul 2006 07:31:09 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@....de>
To:	Paul Fulghum <paulkf@...rogate.com>
Cc:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: 2.6.18-rc2-mm1 timer int 0 doesn't work

On Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 05:05:01PM -0500, Paul Fulghum wrote:
> Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> >>I tried to patch it up and got it to compile without
> >>errors or warnings. The result was a hard freeze early in
> >>the boot, so I suspect more is necessary to restore that
> >>function.
> >
> >
> >Any chance you can post the your reversed version of remove-timer-fallback
> >so we can have a clue about what happened.
> 
> While I'm taking the time to post my attempt at a reveresed patch,
> it would also be useful for the person who originated the
> patch to do the same. I'm not an expert on the code in
> question, so the participation of the original author
> would help speed things along.

I dropped the patch now - when Andrew resyncs his tree with
mine next time it should be fixed.

Still need to figure out the root cause though.

-Andi
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