Re: [patch 0/4] ticket spinlocks for x86

2007-11-03 Thread Jeremy Fitzhardinge
Nick Piggin wrote: > Just for fun I also had a shot at merging the headers, as they become a > lot more similar after this with the removal of the paravirt crud. Glommer posted a set of patches the other day to implement x86-64 paravirt, which unifies lots of things including spinlocks. But if

Re: [patch 0/4] ticket spinlocks for x86

2007-11-03 Thread Jeremy Fitzhardinge
Nick Piggin wrote: Just for fun I also had a shot at merging the headers, as they become a lot more similar after this with the removal of the paravirt crud. Glommer posted a set of patches the other day to implement x86-64 paravirt, which unifies lots of things including spinlocks. But if

[patch 0/4] ticket spinlocks for x86

2007-11-01 Thread Nick Piggin
Hi, I'd like to propose these patches for the x86 tree for a bit more exposure and testing. Or at least get some discussion going again. Just for fun I also had a shot at merging the headers, as they become a lot more similar after this with the removal of the paravirt crud. Nick - To

[patch 0/4] ticket spinlocks for x86

2007-11-01 Thread Nick Piggin
Hi, I'd like to propose these patches for the x86 tree for a bit more exposure and testing. Or at least get some discussion going again. Just for fun I also had a shot at merging the headers, as they become a lot more similar after this with the removal of the paravirt crud. Nick - To