linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] gpu:drm:Change calls to mdelay to msleep in the functions,send_pkg_prepare and send_pkg_done for the file,mdfld_dsi_pkg

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Message-ID: <1421069367.31978.21.camel@linux.intel.com>
Date:	Mon, 12 Jan 2015 13:29:27 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@...il.com>
Cc:	airlied@...ux.ie, airlied@...hat.com, damien.lespiau@...el.com,
	treding@...dia.com, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpu:drm:Change calls to mdelay to msleep in the
 functions,send_pkg_prepare and send_pkg_done for the
 file,mdfld_dsi_pkg_sender.c

On Sat, 2015-01-10 at 23:31 -0500, Nicholas Krause wrote:
> Changes various calls in the functions,send_pkg_prepare and send_pkg_done
> for mdelay to msleep. These changes are needed due to use working with
> various sleep modes supported by this hardware and thus needing to sleep
> for a small duration instead of using the respectful delay function due
> to the need to sleep rather then busy loop the CPU(s) and waste CPU cycles
> on the system that could be used to handle other tasks.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@...il.com>

NAK

Like every other TODO you've been mucking with at random this one is
there for a reason.

We can't sleep at this point.


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