> Seth Arnold <sarnold@wirex.com> [2003-01-07 03:34]: > > On Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 03:43:48PM +0100, Lukas Ruf wrote: > > in arch/i386/kernel/entry.S exist lcall7 and lcall27. However, I do > > not understand why the same coding -- except for pushl $0x07 in lcall7 > > and the respective pushl $0x27 in lcall27 -- is written. As written > > in the subject, I refer currently 2.4.17. > > Note that 2.4.17 has stability problems with lcall7 and lcall27. I > suggest updating to a newer 2.4.x kernel, or fishing the patches out of > LKML. (The gist: any user on the machine can reboot it. no sync or > umount. Just off.) > But what is the difference of lcall7 and lcall27 ? I plan upgrading to 2.4.21 anyway. However, can I proceed as mentioned in the previous email with subject "Kernel in CVS"? If yes, I would change to 2.4.21-pre3 right now... wbr, Lukas -- http://www.lpr.ch http://www.maremma.ch -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
