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From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: "Woodruff, Richard" <r-woodruff2@ti.com>
Cc: "Reddy, Teerth" <teerth@ti.com>, pm list <linux-pm@lists.osdl.org>
Subject: Re: Use of parallel init threads for slow devices start ups?
Date: 20 Feb 2007 00:52:31 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <p73hcthemdc.fsf@bingen.suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3B6D69C3A9EBCA4BA5DA60D9130274295B9D66@dlee13.ent.ti.com>

"Woodruff, Richard" <r-woodruff2@ti.com> writes:
> 
> Does anyone want to give an opinion on forking off a parallel thread to
> handle slower devices which are not dependent?

Recent kernels have CONFIG_PCI_MULTITHREAD_PROBE. But it's considered
highly experimental for now because of unknown races. 
I guess a lot of testing and fixing any bugs you hit would be welcome.

-Andi

  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-02-19 23:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-02-19 17:50 Use of parallel init threads for slow devices start ups? Woodruff, Richard
2007-02-19 22:26 ` Pavel Machek
2007-02-19 23:52 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2007-02-20  0:48 ` Greg KH

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