[patch] 2.4.2: irq-driven lp stalls

[Tim Waugh]

Hi Linus,

This patch seems to cure some printing stalls that some people have
been seeing.  The down_trylock call isn't really needed there anyway.

Please apply.

Tim.
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2001-02-27  Tim Waugh  <[e-mail]>

	* drivers/parport/ieee1284_ops.c: Remove down_trylock call,
	which seems to prevent stalls.
	* drivers/parport/ChangeLog: Updated.

--- linux/drivers/parport/ieee1284_ops.c.sema	Tue Feb 27 21:43:49 2001
+++ linux/drivers/parport/ieee1284_ops.c	Tue Feb 27 21:44:16 2001
@@ -50,9 +50,6 @@
 	if (port->irq != PARPORT_IRQ_NONE) {
 		parport_enable_irq (port);
 		no_irq = 0;
-
-		/* Clear out previous irqs. */
-		while (!down_trylock (&port->physport->ieee1284.irq));
 	}
 
 	port->physport->ieee1284.phase = IEEE1284_PH_FWD_DATA;
--- linux/drivers/parport/ChangeLog.sema	Tue Feb 27 21:44:21 2001
+++ linux/drivers/parport/ChangeLog	Tue Feb 27 21:45:43 2001
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
[phone]  Tim Waugh  <[e-mail]>
+
+	* ieee1284_ops.c (parport_ieee1284_write_compat): Don't use
+	down_trylock to reset the IRQ count.  Don't even use sema_init,
+	because it's not even necessary to reset the count.  I can't
+	remember why we ever did.
+