netdev - Re: [PATCHv2 1/2] drivers: net: davinci_mdio: remove busy loop on wait user access

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Date:   Thu, 10 Aug 2017 16:40:53 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Max Uvarov <muvarov@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
        grygorii.strashko@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 1/2] drivers: net: davinci_mdio: remove busy loop on
 wait user access

On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 10:47:46AM +0300, Max Uvarov wrote:
> Polling 14 mdio devices on single mdio bus eats 30% of 1Ghz cpu time
> due to busy loop in wait(). Add small delay to relax cpu.

Hi Max

Please include a cover note when you have multiple patches in a
series.

With 14 devices, it makes sense to swap to using PHY interrupts if you
can. That should prevent the PHY state machine polling the PHYs every
second.

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew