On Sun, 1 Dec 2002, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> The problem appears to be that the DRM people are used to using semaphores
> to protect kernel data structures. That is WRONG.
Follow-up, just in case somebody asks "what are semaphores there for
then?"
There are reasons to use semaphores, but they
Guys,
I'm following the DRM kernel changes, and over the last few days code
appeared that I really don't think should be in the kernel, and that I
really don't want to merge.
The problem appears to be that the DRM people are used to using semaphores
to protect kernel data structures. That is W
