Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] NCR53C9x ESP: C99 designated initializers | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | 11 Nov 2002 13:05:25 +0000 |
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On Mon, 2002-11-11 at 09:43, David S. Miller wrote: > That's a little inconvenient. > > I have to wait for an interrupt from the chip to know the RESET > started by the eh_reset_bus_handler code is done, and I'm certainly > not going to spin there for 5 seconds or however long it decides to > take. :-)
Lots of drivers do
> Either eh_reset_bus_handler needs to be allowed to sleep, or it needs > to be changed so that an "RESET in progress, please wait" status can > be returned.
The stupid thing is we take the lock then call the eh function then drop it. You can drop the lock, wait and retake it. I need to fix a couple of other drivers to do a proper wait and in much the same way.
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