Re: Linux 2.4 Status / TODO page (Updated as of 2.4.0-test10)

[Keith Owens]

On Fri, 3 Nov 2000 17:10:52 -0800 (PST), 
James Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>      * VGA Console can cause SMP deadlock when doing printk {CRITICAL}
>>        (Keith Owens)
>
>Still not fixed :-( Here is the patch again. Keith give it a try and tell
>me if it solves your problems.

The patch looks OK to me.  I worked around my original problem (screen
deadlock in kdb) by skipping the cli()/restore_flags() when kdb is
active, kdb guarantees that only one cpu at a time is doing any work.

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