From: maximilian attems <janitor@sternwelten.at>
To: Margit Schubert-While <margitsw@t-online.de>
Cc: netdev@oss.sgi.com, kj <kernel-janitors@osdl.org>
Subject: [Kernel-janitors] Re: [patch 8/8] prism54/islpci_dev: replace schedule_timeout() with msleep()
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 10:24:33 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040902082432.GA1876@stro.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200409020850.38177.margitsw@t-online.de>
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On Thu, 02 Sep 2004, Margit Schubert-While wrote:
> I agree with Jean and add the following :
> You are assuming HZ = 1000.
> In 2.4, HZ = 100 (And in 2.6, HZ is not necessarily = 1000).
shure,
but this is an argument for msleep as it uses msecs as unit,
which don't depend on your arch.
(well physics says different for arch/relativistic :)
> The prism54 code base is identical between 2.4/2.6 and is
> maintained as such in the project.
> Therefore, I look forward to your implementation of msleep()
> in 2.4 ;-)
2.4 is closed for such stuff, you'll know that better than me,
it shouldn't hinder 2.6 in it's progression.
one day you will need to branch.
--
maks
kernel janitor http://janitor.kernelnewbies.org/
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-09-02 6:50 [patch 8/8] prism54/islpci_dev: replace schedule_timeout() with msleep() Margit Schubert-While
2004-09-02 8:24 ` maximilian attems [this message]
2004-09-02 16:09 ` Nishanth Aravamudan
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2004-09-02 9:35 Margit Schubert-While
2004-09-02 10:03 ` maximilian attems
2004-09-02 16:23 ` [Kernel-janitors] " Nishanth Aravamudan
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