Re: Comments on 2.6.10 schedule_timeout please

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On 11/7/05, Mukund JB. <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Dear Kernel Developers,
>
> I have noticed the schedule_timeout behaving somewhat different as penned
> from the Linux 2.6 Oreelly books.
> I have developed a SD card Driver for 2.6.10 kernel & it works fine.
> I needed a hardware reg to update that take a time of 300ms. I have issued a
> call like..
>
> set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
> schedule_timeout (300*HZ/1000);

Full code or function snippet, please.

> But, when I finally use it I get a sufficient delay which looks like a looped delay
> not allowing the keyboard to print messages on the screen.

This would be easier to diagnose if you shared all of the code you are
using *and* verified this occurred with a current kernel (2.6.10 is
old.).

Thanks,
Nish
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