Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 31 Oct 2006 16:57:56 +0100 | From | Jörn Engel <> | Subject | Re: feature-removal-schedule obsoletes |
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On Sat, 28 October 2006 10:34:51 +0200, Pierre Ossman wrote: > > What should be used to replace it? The MMC block driver uses it to > manage the block device queue. I am not that intimate with the block > layer so I do not know the proper fix.
Why does the MMC block driver use a thread? Is there a technical reason for this or could it be done in original process context as well, removing some code and useless cpu scheduler overhead?
Jörn
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