netdev - Re: [Intel-wired-lan] regression in ixgbe SFP detection patch

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Date:	Thu, 12 Nov 2015 13:22:57 +0100
From:	William Dauchy <william@...di.net>
To:	"Rustad, Mark D" <mark.d.rustad@...el.com>
Cc:	William Dauchy <william@...di.net>,
	"Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org" <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>,
	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"Tantilov, Emil S" <emil.s.tantilov@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [Intel-wired-lan] regression in ixgbe SFP detection patch

On Nov11 22:13, Rustad, Mark D wrote:
> Just so you know, there are patches in queue that will improve this situation in two ways:
> 1) When the I2C probe times out, the code assumes that the cage is empty and does not retry the access until the next probe.
> 2) The driver will use its own private workqueue, so it will not affect the system workqueues at all.

Thanks guys for the details,  I will have a look.
-- 
William

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