From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266837AbUHRAAC (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Aug 2004 20:00:02 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268527AbUHRAAC (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Aug 2004 20:00:02 -0400 Received: from viper.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.4]:50362 "HELO viper.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S266837AbUHQX77 (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Aug 2004 19:59:59 -0400 Subject: Re: [patch] voluntary-preempt-2.6.8.1-P0 From: Lee Revell To: Roger Luethi Cc: Ingo Molnar , linux-kernel , Felipe Alfaro Solana , Florian Schmidt In-Reply-To: <20040816080745.GA18406@k3.hellgate.ch> References: <20040801193043.GA20277@elte.hu> <20040809104649.GA13299@elte.hu> <20040810132654.GA28915@elte.hu> <20040812235116.GA27838@elte.hu> <1092382825.3450.19.camel@mindpipe> <20040813104817.GI8135@elte.hu> <1092432929.3450.78.camel@mindpipe> <20040814072009.GA6535@elte.hu> <20040815115649.GA26259@elte.hu> <1092612264.867.9.camel@krustophenia.net> <20040816080745.GA18406@k3.hellgate.ch> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1092787266.1807.8.camel@krustophenia.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 20:01:06 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 2004-08-16 at 04:07, Roger Luethi wrote: > > Also, isn't there a better solution than for network drivers to actively > > poll for changes in link status? Can't they just register a callback that > > For the Rhine, there is, but making it work requires some extra black > magic we didn't know until a few months ago. It's fixed in -mm now and > will probably be in 2.6.9. Which of the broken out patches from -mm should I apply to get this fix? Should I just apply all the ones that touch via-rhine.c? Lee