Re: [PATCH 2/2] xirc2ps_cs update

[Daniel Ritz <daniel.ritz@gmx.ch>]

On Tuesday 10 June 2003 11:46, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 05:35:18PM +0200, Geller Sandor wrote:
> > On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, Daniel Ritz wrote:
> > > -    busy_loop(HZ/25);		     /* wait 40 msec */
> > > +    Wait(HZ/25);		     /* wait 40 msec */
> >
> > Why not Wait(40); instead Wait(HZ/25) ? Currently HZ is 1000. However,
> > the value can change - as it changed from 100 to 1000.
>
> True enough...  the best solution is to grep the tree for a
> msecs_to_jiffies macro, and use that.  Then it will look like
>

hmm...yes, but the macro is defined in include/net/irda/irda.h
move it to a place where everyone can use it? like time.h or kernel.h?

> 	Wait(msecs_to_jiffies(40))

i would do it in the Wait macro. looks nicer..
and also define the Wait macro (with a better name, suggestions?)
somewhere else, 'cos other drivers use set_current_state(); schedule_timeout()
too..

>
> and the macro does the proper scaling versus constant HZ.
>
> 	Jeff

-daniel