netdev - Re: [patch 8/8] forcedeth boot delay fix

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Date:	Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:00:09 -0500
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, aabdulla@...dia.com, astinus@...too.org
Subject: Re: [patch 8/8] forcedeth boot delay fix

akpm@...ux-foundation.org wrote:
> From: Ayaz Abdulla <aabdulla@...dia.com>
> 
> Fix a long boot delay in the forcedeth driver.  During initialization, the
> timeout for the handshake between mgmt unit and driver can be very long. 
> The patch reduces the timeout by eliminating a extra loop around the
> timeout logic.
> 
> Addresses http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9308
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ayaz Abdulla <aabdulla@...dia.com>
> Cc: Alex Howells <astinus@...too.org>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>

applied #upstream-fixes


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