linux-kernel - Re: Scheduler broken? sdhci issues with scheduling

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Date:	Mon, 3 Mar 2008 20:43:00 +0100
From:	Pierre Ossman <drzeus-list@...eus.cx>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:	huggie@...th.li, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Scheduler broken? sdhci issues with scheduling

On Sun, 2 Mar 2008 11:40:31 +0100
Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> wrote:

> 
> Is mmc slow or does it just break down? Slow would be expected, but
> breaking down should be fixed in MMC, too...
> 

The problem is that the kernel sleeps _less_ than asked for, not more. No hardware can be expected to work if its needed delays aren't respected.

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