linux-kernel - Re: please revert commit 53f1b1433da7eac2607a4a0898a221a4485fd732 (rtc: push the BKL down into the driver ioctl method)

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Message-ID: <b6a2187b0807291819s595685bfod3ba53b6720b4cf0@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:19:55 +0800
From:	"Jeff Chua" <jeff.chua.linux@...il.com>
To:	"Eli Collins" <ecollins@...are.com>
Cc:	petr@...are.com, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Alan Cox" <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	"Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: please revert commit 53f1b1433da7eac2607a4a0898a221a4485fd732 (rtc: push the BKL down into the driver ioctl method)

On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 7:21 AM, Eli Collins <ecollins@...are.com> wrote:

> The module fixes for 2.6.26+ kernels are in upcoming releases and should
> get backported to older ones.

Thanks, just let me know when it'll be available and I'll be more than
happy to test it out for you.

At the mean time, I've worked around the problem by adding back .ioctl
that vmware is can work in 2.6.27-rc1.

Thanks,
Jeff.
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