Re: [PATCH] IPMI: use schedule in kthread

On Mon, 2006-06-26 at 14:49 -0500, Matt Domsch wrote:
> We need to be able to poll at faster-than-timer-tick rates, yet let
> other higher-priority apps run.  Hence the schedule().  We're open to
> other suggestions, but this seemed minimally intrusive while
> accomplishing the goal.  No more soft lockups or jittery mice.

at least put a whole bunch of cpu_relax() in that loop, or your cpu
will.. get hot. Would also be nice if cpufreq had a "run this one slow"
option.... 

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