Re: 2.6.24-rc8 hangs at mfgpt-timer

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Tue Jan 22 2008 - 16:10:43 EST



* Arnd Hannemann <hannemann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > The attached patch rearranges the code so that the handler is
> > installed before we setup the interrupt (so we have somebody to
> > listen to the immediate interrupt), and it makes sure that we clear
> > the event in the IRQ handler regardless of the state of the timer
> > tick.
>
> This patch indeed solves the problem. The board boots fine. Great
> work!

since this driver is new in 2.6.24, perhaps we should apply this fix to
v2.6.24?

Ingo
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