[Th] SMP for all!

[Paweł Sikora]

Rafał Cygnarowski napisał(a):
> Dnia wtorek, 23 stycznia 2007, Bartosz Taudul napisał:
>> On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 06:32:54PM +0100, Rafał Cygnarowski wrote:
>>> Besides... if there is problem with thouse devices on smp kernel than it
>>> should be fixed and I think it's the correct way to solve problem (not
>>> running away to up kernel...).
>> So fix them and then we'll talk. There are many things that "should be",
>> but unfortunately, they aren't.
> 
> There is nothing to fix so far, couse no one said concretes informatinon - 
> only rumors:

> 2. Paweł Sikora
>> iirc not all stuff works fine in smp enviroment.
>> e.g. some lirc drivers, video tuners, tape/floppy drivers.
> _some_ - which one? what are the symptoms of not working? oops? where they 
> are?

2.6.17 doesn't have one tape driver ( 2.6.20 not checked ),
lirc_parallel.c isn't smp safe, v4l looks fixed in recent 2.6.x

2.6.20:

./cdrom/Kconfig-config SBPCD
./cdrom/Kconfig-        tristate "Matsushita/Panasonic/Creative, 
Longshine, TEAC CDROM support"
./cdrom/Kconfig:        depends on CD_NO_IDESCSI && BROKEN_ON_SMP
--
./cdrom/Kconfig-config CM206
./cdrom/Kconfig-        tristate "Philips/LMS CM206 CDROM support"
./cdrom/Kconfig:        depends on CD_NO_IDESCSI && BROKEN_ON_SMP
--
./cdrom/Kconfig-config CDU31A
./cdrom/Kconfig-        tristate "Sony CDU31A/CDU33A CDROM support"
./cdrom/Kconfig:        depends on CD_NO_IDESCSI && BROKEN_ON_SMP
--
./char/Kconfig-config RISCOM8
./char/Kconfig- tristate "SDL RISCom/8 card support"
./char/Kconfig: depends on SERIAL_NONSTANDARD && BROKEN_ON_SMP
--
./char/Kconfig-config STALLION
./char/Kconfig- tristate "Stallion EasyIO or EC8/32 support"
./char/Kconfig: depends on STALDRV && BROKEN_ON_SMP
--
./char/Kconfig-config ISTALLION
./char/Kconfig- tristate "Stallion EC8/64, ONboard, Brumby support"
./char/Kconfig: depends on STALDRV && BROKEN_ON_SMP
--
./char/Kconfig-config A2232
./char/Kconfig- tristate "Commodore A2232 serial support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
./char/Kconfig: depends on EXPERIMENTAL && ZORRO && BROKEN_ON_SMP
--
./i2c/busses/Kconfig-config I2C_ELEKTOR
./i2c/busses/Kconfig-   tristate "Elektor ISA card"
./i2c/busses/Kconfig:   depends on I2C && ISA && BROKEN_ON_SMP
--
./isdn/hysdn/Kconfig-config HYSDN
./isdn/hysdn/Kconfig-   tristate "Hypercope HYSDN cards (Champ, Ergo, 
Metro) support (module only)"
./isdn/hysdn/Kconfig:   depends on m && PROC_FS && PCI && BROKEN_ON_SMP
--
./isdn/i4l/Kconfig-config ISDN_DRV_LOOP
./isdn/i4l/Kconfig-     tristate "isdnloop support"
./isdn/i4l/Kconfig:     depends on BROKEN_ON_SMP
--
./net/Kconfig-config NI5010
./net/Kconfig-  tristate "NI5010 support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
./net/Kconfig:  depends on NET_VENDOR_RACAL && ISA && EXPERIMENTAL && 
BROKEN_ON_SMP
--
./net/hamradio/Kconfig-config DMASCC
./net/hamradio/Kconfig- tristate "High-speed (DMA) SCC driver for AX.25"
./net/hamradio/Kconfig: depends on ISA && AX25 && BROKEN_ON_SMP && 
ISA_DMA_API
--
./net/irda/Kconfig-config IRPORT_SIR
./net/irda/Kconfig-     tristate "IrPORT (IrDA serial driver)"
./net/irda/Kconfig:     depends on IRDA && BROKEN_ON_SMP
--
./net/irda/Kconfig-config DONGLE_OLD
./net/irda/Kconfig-     bool "Old Serial dongle support"
./net/irda/Kconfig:     depends on IRPORT_SIR && BROKEN_ON_SMP
--
./net/tulip/Kconfig-config PCMCIA_XIRTULIP
./net/tulip/Kconfig-    tristate "Xircom Tulip-like CardBus support (old 
driver)"
./net/tulip/Kconfig:    depends on NET_TULIP && CARDBUS && BROKEN_ON_SMP
--
./scsi/Kconfig-config SCSI_MCA_53C9X
./scsi/Kconfig- tristate "NCR MCA 53C9x SCSI support"
./scsi/Kconfig: depends on MCA_LEGACY && SCSI && BROKEN_ON_SMP