From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755847AbYIHV0T (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Sep 2008 17:26:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754093AbYIHV0D (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Sep 2008 17:26:03 -0400 Received: from casper.infradead.org ([85.118.1.10]:58885 "EHLO casper.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752066AbYIHV0B (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Sep 2008 17:26:01 -0400 Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 14:26:05 -0700 From: Arjan van de Ven To: Stephen Hemminger Cc: Andrew Morton , jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org, bhutchings@solarflare.com, linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] PCI: vpd handle longer delays in access Message-ID: <20080908142605.0727b154@infradead.org> In-Reply-To: <20080908140824.5ab3c7ca@extreme> References: <20080904205636.130211023@vyatta.com> <20080904205718.543005986@vyatta.com> <20080908134025.9ac23a73.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20080908140824.5ab3c7ca@extreme> Organization: Intel X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.11; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by casper.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 8 Sep 2008 14:08:24 -0700 Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > What is a good way to say "i am polling for a while"? can you take a fixed time delay? or use cond_resched() -- If you want to reach me at my work email, use arjan@linux.intel.com For development, discussion and tips for power savings, visit http://www.lesswatts.org