netdev - Re: [PATCH] tms380tr: fix long delays in initialization

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Date:	Mon, 04 Oct 2010 14:33:55 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	mroos@...ux.ee
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tms380tr: fix long delays in initialization

From: Meelis Roos <mroos@...ux.ee>
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 00:15:17 +0300 (EEST)

>> tms380tr_init_adapter() gets called from tms380tr_chk_irq() which is
>> invoked from the interrupt handler.
> 
> Oops, yes, sorry for repeatedly not noticing it even when I was 
> explicitly searching for it :(
> 
> What is the general course from here? Defer the long reset to a work 
> queue, or some other kind of background task?

Yes, very likely a workqueue is the best course of action.
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