netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] bna: Added flash sub-module and ethtool eeprom entry points.

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Message-ID: <4EF86253.3010108@computer.org>
Date:	Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:02:27 +0100
From:	Jan Ceuleers <jan.ceuleers@...puter.org>
To:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
CC:	Krishna Gudipati <kgudipat@...cade.com>,
	"'davem@...emloft.net'" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"'netdev@...r.kernel.org'" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Adapter Linux Open SRC Team 
	<adapter_linux_open_src_team@...cade.com>,
	Rasesh Mody <rmody@...cade.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] bna: Added flash sub-module and ethtool eeprom entry
 points.

On 12/24/2011 11:08 AM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> I asked how long a single call would take, because the RTNL lock will be
> held for this time.  Presumably it doesn't take very long to write a 4K
> chunk, so this shouldn't be a problem.
>

461K is around 115 4K blocks. If these take around 3 minutes to flash 
then that's about 1.5s per 4K block.

Is it OK to hold the RTNL lock for that length of time?
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