Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932087AbWELQLe (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 May 2006 12:11:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932144AbWELQLe (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 May 2006 12:11:34 -0400 Received: from ms-smtp-04.nyroc.rr.com ([24.24.2.58]:2269 "EHLO ms-smtp-04.nyroc.rr.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932087AbWELQLd (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 May 2006 12:11:33 -0400 Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 12:11:15 -0400 (EDT) From: Steven Rostedt X-X-Sender: rostedt@gandalf.stny.rr.com To: Andrew Morton cc: mingo@elte.hu, markh@compro.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dwalker@mvista.com, tglx@linutronix.de Subject: Re: 3c59x vortex_timer rt hack (was: rt20 patch question) In-Reply-To: <20060512090323.252d8600.akpm@osdl.org> Message-ID: References: <4460ADF8.4040301@compro.net> <4461E53B.7050905@compro.net> <446207D6.2030602@compro.net> <44623157.9090105@compro.net> <20060512081628.GA26736@elte.hu> <20060512092159.GC18145@elte.hu> <20060512071645.6b59e0a2.akpm@osdl.org> <20060512074929.031d4eaf.akpm@osdl.org> <20060512082340.3e169128.akpm@osdl.org> <20060512090323.252d8600.akpm@osdl.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 606 Lines: 29 On Fri, 12 May 2006, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > > The vortex_timer is a timeout, > > err, it's actually a function. OK, I meant vp->timer > > > will it go off often? > > Every five seconds if the cable's unplugged. Every 60 seconds otherwise. > OK, so the function is a service and not a fixup (or both). Hmm, so latency is an issue. Thanks, -- Steve - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/