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Subject: Re: hardcoded HZ in hub.c 
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jerdfelt@valinux.com said:
>  We applied a slightly different patch which is would not remove the
> pages out from under the thread, using semaphores instead.

> This patch isn't needed anymore. Thanks anyway.

Actually, the best fix is probably to get rid of the thread entirely and use
schedule_task to run usb_hub_events() instead.

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dwmw2


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