Subject: Re: cpu_fork() initial SPL / NTP stability.
To: Ignatios Souvatzis <is@mail.netbsd.org>
From: Michael L. Hitch <mhitch@lightning.msu.montana.edu>
List: tech-ports
Date: 04/11/2001 12:11:19
On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, Ignatios Souvatzis wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 07:51:51PM -0400, Bill Sommerfeld wrote:
> > It appears that several other ports have this same bug.  (I'm testing
> > a fix for the alpha at the moment). i386 appears to not have the
> > problem.
> > 
> > Portmasters should investigate and verify that newly-forked kernel
> > threads run with low IPL.
> 
> Did somebody check the m68k implementation(s) already?
> 	-is

  I just checked on my amiga, and it's currently entering both the reaper
and ioflush threads at IPL 0.

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