Re: [PATCH 3/3] drivers/scsi/NCR5380.c: Replacing yield() with a better alternative

Ar Mer, 2006-10-11 am 18:24 +0530, ysgrifennodd Amol Lad:
> For this driver schedule_timeout_schedule() seems to be a better
> alternative. 
> 
> *Please see if the function should be called with 1 jiffy delay or more
> is better*

You want cond_resched() for this driver as its polling the hardware for
a change that should occur very soon. (Actually you want to throw the
hardware in the bin)

Alan

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