netdev - Re: [PATCH] Remove unneeded and deprecated cli()/sti() calls.

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Date:	Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:44:28 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	mark.asselstine@...driver.com
Cc:	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	asselsm@...il.com, klaus.kudielka@...e.org,
	linux-hams@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove unneeded and deprecated cli()/sti() calls.

From: Mark Asselstine <mark.asselstine@...driver.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:49:10 -0400

> These cli()/sti() calls are made in start_timer() and are therefor
> redundant since the register_lock is now used to protect register
> io from within scc_isr() and write_scc() (where all calls to
> start_timer() originate).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mark Asselstine <mark.asselstine@...driver.com>

This looks good, applied, thanks Mark.
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