Re: [BUG FIX] Make x86_32 uni-processor Atomic ops, Atomic

[Michael S. Zick]

On Sun May 24 2009, Harald Welte wrote:
> On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 05:44:52AM -0500, Michael S. Zick wrote:
> 
> > *) The HP-2133 MiniNote uses the cn896 chipset, which
> > has not yet been released from NDA.
> 
> I can see towards getting that changed, but I doubt this helps us with the
> current problem.
> 
> > I do not have the C7-M technical reference, it is still
> > under NDA.
> 
> I obviously have access to that documentation (which is also on its way
> to become public, but needs more time) - but believe me, there is nothing
> in that documentation that would help you to debug this problem :(
> 
> > *But* if a developer on this list has a copy of the
> > manual *and* owns one of these three brands of machine -
> > they would have fixed their own machine a year ago.
> 
> I actually own a 2133 mininote, but I rarely used it for anything but to test
> openchrome on it.  What do you suggest me to try?
>

The {,lk} pair of yesterday - now built against tag 2.6.3-rc7 is
posted as -09144{,lk}

Details here:
http://forum.netbookuser.com/viewtopic.php?pid=6976#p6976

Try them on a C7-M/CX700 (or newer NetBook system chipset)
(I don't normally test on the HP-2133 (C7-M/CN896) since I am
not (yet) dealing with the Broadcom firmware and SBB driver.)

Mike
> I also have some other systems with a C7-M, so I can certainly verify
> certain code on a number of them, if a good testcase exists.
> 


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