Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755859AbZCJNoB (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Mar 2009 09:44:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751999AbZCJNnw (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Mar 2009 09:43:52 -0400 Received: from g5t0008.atlanta.hp.com ([15.192.0.45]:13296 "EHLO g5t0008.atlanta.hp.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751466AbZCJNnv convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Mar 2009 09:43:51 -0400 From: "Altobelli, David" To: Andrew Morton CC: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:42:49 +0000 Subject: RE: [PATCH] tweak spin logic for hpilo Thread-Topic: [PATCH] tweak spin logic for hpilo Thread-Index: AcmhC26BGbDDgIaeS+emO6GG3qjIPgAeYI2w Message-ID: <92D64232F2316045B18937D5C9996B1522834ABED6@GVW1144EXB.americas.hpqcorp.net> References: <20090309225651.GA13702@ldl.fc.hp.com> <20090309160437.b71041d5.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <20090309160437.b71041d5.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 606 Lines: 15 > From: Andrew Morton > David Altobelli wrote: > > Change hpilo open and close logic to spin for 10usec between checking > > device, rather than every usec. > > err.. Why? Because the loop is coded to take up to 10ms, it seemed prudent to increase the interval between polling the device, to reduce the load on the system and allow more other work to happen. -- 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/