netdev - Re: [PATCH 3/3] NetXen: Graceful teardown of interface and hardware upon module unload

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Date:	Sat, 30 Jun 2007 23:27:07 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Dhananjay Phadke <dhananjay.phadke@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] NetXen: Graceful teardown of interface and hardware
 upon module unload

Dhananjay Phadke wrote:
> This stage is safe to bail out on signal. It's initializing about a
> hundred registers
> and trying to guaranty by retrying, so can get stretched too much on 
> faulty h/w.

This implies that you have -add- code to check for and handle signals at 
each delay point.  Don't bother.  Too much code bloat for negligable gain.

It is better just to remove the _interruptible, for many reasons.

	Jeff



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