linux-kernel - Re: Device Driver Etiquette

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Date:	Fri, 1 Jun 2007 14:38:30 -0400
From:	"Lee Revell" <rlrevell@...-job.com>
To:	"Matthew Fredrickson" <creslin@...ium.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Device Driver Etiquette

On 6/1/07, Matthew Fredrickson <creslin@...ium.com> wrote:
> is it acceptable (although
> not nice) to simply fix it this way, by disabling irqs while it loads
> the firmware?
>

I would say to just disable IRQs while loading firmware.  Almost every
server I maintain has some vendor driver which generates a "many lost
ticks!" message on load.  As long as it's only done at module load
time it should be fine.

Of course the best solution is to just get the driver into mainline.

Lee
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