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Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 19:00:19 -0400
From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
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To: James Ketrenos <jketreno@linux.intel.com>
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	"John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH]  Add iwlwifi wireless drivers
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James Ketrenos wrote:
> That said -- if the driver can execute in parallel to the stack for some 
> operations, shouldn't they remain on their own workqueues so the work 
> can be divided up vs. having *everything* routed through one 
> singlethread workqueue?

Just because it -can-, does not mean it should.

Unless there is a -proven- need for the operations to be parallel, you 
should avoid the burden of such complexity.

	Jeff