On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 09:28:05AM +1100, Daniel Carosone wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 17, 2003 at 08:41:06PM +0100, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> > 
> > OK, this is likely a MP issue then, something blocking interrupts
> > for too long (maybe an issue with the kernel big lock ?)
> > I suspect a UP kernel won't have this issue
> 
> There are certainly MP-related locking issues with com(4) on i386.
> Do you have COM_MPLOCK in your kernel? I'm not sure of the symptoms
> if you don't, and they may well be something much worse than what
> your're seeing, but please check.

COM_MPLOCK is not an option listed in either GENERIC or
GENERIC.MP
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