linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/7 revised] mmc_spi: convert timeout handling to jiffies and avoid busy waiting

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Date:	Wed, 8 Apr 2009 20:39:45 +0200
From:	Pierre Ossman <pierre@...man.eu>
To:	Wolfgang Mües <wolfgang.mues@...rswald.de>
Cc:	Pierre Ossman <drzeus@...eus.cx>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Matt Fleming" <matt@...sole-pimps.org>,
	"David Brownell" <dbrownell@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
	"Mike Frysinger" <vapier.adi@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/7 revised] mmc_spi: convert timeout handling to
 jiffies and avoid busy waiting

On Tue, 7 Apr 2009 15:26:30 +0100
Wolfgang Mües <wolfgang.mues@...rswald.de> wrote:

> From: Wolfgang Muees <wolfgang.mues@...rswald.de>
> 
> o SD/MMC card timeouts can be very high. So avoid busy-waiting,
>   using the scheduler. Calculate all timeouts in jiffies units,
>   because this will give us the correct sign when to involve
>   the scheduler.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wolfgang Muees <wolfgang.mues@...rswald.de>
> 

Also queued.

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