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From: Tim Hockin <thockin@hockin.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] lp.c, eexpress.c jiffies cleanup
To: adilger@turbolabs.com (Andreas Dilger)
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 15:58:41 -0800 (PST)
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> afterwards.  Sucking all CPU for 20 seconds and locking everything else
> out isn't an acceptable method IMHO.


There are drivers that do this WITH INTERRUPTS OFF.  Some systems (e.g.
Cobalt) have short-interval watchdog timers, and when someone uses one of
these drivers, they just see spontaneous reboots.  Ick.


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