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Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 13:34:23 -0700
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Steven Dake <sdake@mvista.com>
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Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] [PATCHES] Advanced TCA Hotswap Support in Linux Kernel
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On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 12:28:59PM -0700, Steven Dake wrote:
> 
> 
> Safte polling in the kernel isn't inherently bad and could be tied into 
> the hotplug mechanism.
> 
> Making SAFTE hotswap available via SG would also work but system 
> performance would be bad at small poll intervals (like 100 msec).

Is there a real nead to get hotplug notification any faster than that?

And yes, it should all be done in userspace, whenever possible :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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