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Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 09:56:29 -0700
From: "Martin J. Bligh" <Martin.Bligh@us.ibm.com>
Reply-To: "Martin J. Bligh" <Martin.Bligh@us.ibm.com>
To: Chris Friesen <cfriesen@nortelnetworks.com>
cc: "Feldman, Scott" <scott.feldman@intel.com>,
       "'Troy Wilson'" <tcw@tempest.prismnet.com>,
       Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: mdelay causes BUG, please use udelay
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> I currently work on an embedded device and if we detect given 
> network connection isn't working at all our first response is 
> to switch to a working connection, then we reload the device 
> driver for the non-working one.  Since we may be doing other 
> things at the same time, having this stall the machine for 
> extended periods of time is definately not a good thing.

That's great, IF you have a spare drop out to that net. 

M.

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