[PATCH] OsdSynch.c modernization

[Jung-uk Kim]

On Tuesday 18 September 2007 05:23 pm, Cristian KLEIN wrote:
> Jung-uk Kim wrote:
> > I have rewritten sys/dev/acpica/Osd/OsdSynch.c to match the
> > modern ACPI-CA and -CURRENT:
> >
> > http://people.freebsd.org/~jkim/acpica/OsdSynch.diff
> >
> > Major changes are:
> >
> > 1. Semaphore is reimplemented with convar(9) instead of mutex(9).
> >
> > 2. Semaphore with ACPI_WAIT_FOREVER option actually waits forever
> > now.
> >
> > 3. Obsolete and/or hidden debugging knobs and macros are removed.
> >
> > 4. ACPI-CA introduced AcpiOs*Mutex() to complement
> > AcpiOs*Semaphore():
> >
> > 	http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6634
> >
> >    These functions are implemented and turned on by default.
> >
> > 5. Spinlock is reimplemented with sx lock and more closely
> > implements the intended behaviour (e.g., save/restore
> > interrupts).
> >
> > It is orthogonal to Nate's effort of rewriting acpi_ec.c but I'd
> > like get more feedback *with* his last patch (revision D) because
> > his patch will be committed sooner or later. ;-)
> >
> > Please test/review and let us know if there is any regression or
> > not.
>
> Sorry for not being able to test the patch. May I assume this will
> fix:
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=114113
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=114649

I believe my patch AND Nate's patch will fix the problem.

Jung-uk Kim