Patch to convert piix driver to use per-driver/hwgroup lock and kill ide_lock. In the case of piix, hwgroup->lock should be sufficient.
Signed-off-by: Ravikiran Thirumalai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Index: linux-2.6.13/drivers/ide/pci/piix.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.13.orig/drivers/ide/pci/piix.c 2005-09-06 12:00:25.000000000 -0700 +++ linux-2.6.13/drivers/ide/pci/piix.c 2005-09-06 13:22:49.000000000 -0700 @@ -231,7 +231,6 @@ pio = ide_get_best_pio_mode(drive, pio, 5, NULL); spin_lock_irqsave(&hwgroup->lock, flags); - spin_lock(&ide_lock); pci_read_config_word(dev, master_port, &master_data); if (is_slave) { master_data = master_data | 0x4000; @@ -251,7 +250,6 @@ pci_write_config_word(dev, master_port, master_data); if (is_slave) pci_write_config_byte(dev, slave_port, slave_data); - spin_unlock(&ide_lock); spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hwgroup->lock, flags); } - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/