Ingo Molnar wrote: > i have released the v2.6.20-rt1 kernel... There was also a problem with the patch for arch/mips/kernel/entry.S Some kind of cruft was in the patch. Below is a patch which fixes both issues. It at least allows compilation. I haven't turned anything on, or looked at runtime yet. Index: alp-linux/arch/mips/kernel/entry.S =================================================================== --- alp-linux.orig/arch/mips/kernel/entry.S 2007-05-03 12:28:38.000000000 -0700 +++ alp-linux/arch/mips/kernel/entry.S 2007-05-03 12:21:47.000000000 -0700 @@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ #endif #ifndef CONFIG_PREEMPT -<<<<<<< delete local_irq_disable - raw_local_irq_disable #define resume_kernel restore_all #else #define __ret_from_irq ret_from_exception @@ -32,7 +30,7 @@ .align 5 #ifndef CONFIG_PREEMPT FEXPORT(ret_from_exception) - local_irq_disable # preempt stop + raw_local_irq_disable # preempt stop b __ret_from_irq #endif FEXPORT(ret_from_irq) Index: alp-linux/include/asm-mips/atomic.h =================================================================== --- alp-linux.orig/include/asm-mips/atomic.h 2007-05-03 12:28:38.000000000 -0700 +++ alp-linux/include/asm-mips/atomic.h 2007-05-03 11:56:58.000000000 -0700 @@ -566,7 +566,6 @@ raw_local_irq_restore(flags); } #endif -#endif smp_mb(); ============================= Tim Bird Architecture Group Chair, CE Linux Forum Senior Staff Engineer, Sony Electronics ============================= - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rt-users" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html