Re: [ANNOUNCE] [PATCHES] Advanced TCA Hotswap Support in Linux Kernel

Greg KH
2002-10-15T20:28:25Z

On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 12:28:59PM -0700, Steven Dake wrote:
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> Safte polling in the kernel isn't inherently bad and could be tied into
> the hotplug mechanism.
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> Making SAFTE hotswap available via SG would also work but system
> performance would be bad at small poll intervals (like 100 msec).

Is there a real nead to get hotplug notification any faster than that?

And yes, it should all be done in userspace, whenever possible :)

thanks,

greg k-h