Re: driver/sound/soundcard.c lock_kernel()/unlock_kernel()

> drivers/sound/soundcard.c has a few lock_kernel()/unlock_kernel() calls, > esp. in the read() and write() functions. Could these calls be easily This is intentional. FIxing up the old OSS drivers is not worth the pain - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in

driver/sound/soundcard.c lock_kernel()/unlock_kernel()

Hello all, I've been looking through the sound drivers in the 2.4.5-ac series . drivers/sound/soundcard.c has a few lock_kernel()/unlock_kernel() calls, esp. in the read() and write() functions. Could these calls be easily replaced with semaphores or spinlock calls? I vaguely remember emai