linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH for review] [12/48] x86

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Date:	Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:52:03 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	"Dmitry Torokhov" <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:	tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...e.hu, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH for review] [12/48] x86_64: use the global PIT lock


> 
> I was not talking about sysdevs. I was talking about platform devices
> that are already being created for pcspkr by arch code. Now I want
> arch code to provide a spinlock for pcspkr driver to use when
> accessing PIT. What it does it allows to remove arch specific
> knowledge (i.e. #ifdef CONFIG_X86...) from the pcspkr driver.

Ok please send a patch.

-Andi


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