netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] qla3xxx: bugfix: Move link state machine into a worker thread

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Date:	Thu, 8 Nov 2007 12:47:47 -0500
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Ron Mercer <ron.mercer@...gic.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] qla3xxx:  bugfix: Move link state machine into a
	worker thread

On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 01:59:06PM -0800, Ron Mercer wrote:
> The link state machine requires access to some resources that
> are shared with the iSCSI function on the chip.  (See iSCSI
> driver at drivers/scsi/qla4xxx)  If the interface is being
> up/downed at a rapid pace this driver may need to sleep
> waiting to get access to the common resources. For this we
> are moving the state machine to run as a work thread.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ron Mercer <ron.mercer@...gic.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/qla3xxx.c |   27 +++++++++++++--------------
>  drivers/net/qla3xxx.h |    1 +
>  2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

applied 1-2

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