-----Original Message----- From: kernelnewbies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kernelnewbies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andrea Gasparini Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 3:59 PM To: kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Mutex and Sleep > Rajendra :- Andrea, yes I got that , but what is the purpose in having > the might_sleep function then? ah, i catch it. ;) that's a control over the buggy driver/kernel code that use mutex or other mechanism in wrong contexts. just this. Rajendra :- What kind of control mechanism does it provide over the buggy driver/kernel code ? Wrong context meaning what? (and this post is a proof of that... :-P ) bye! -- -gaspa- ----------------------------------------------- --------- Powered by Debian GNU/Linux --------- ------ HomePage: iogaspa.altervista.org ------- -Il lunedi'dell'arrampicatore: www.lunedi.org - -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ