Re: [PATCH] 2.3.99pre6 use of mod_timer

=?iso-8859-1?Q?Fran=E7ois_romieu?= (romieu@ensta.fr)
Fri, 28 Apr 2000 22:27:13 +0000

The Fri, Apr 28, 2000 at 04:56:23PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote :
[...]
> Looks reasonable... using mod_timer means you only acquire and release
> the timer lock once, not twice as with del_timer+add_timer.

Yes, but as Doug Ledford has just reminded me, it's gonna break seriously
with 2.0/2.2 drivers. I happily missed this point.
Thus, should I :
- back port mod_timer to 2.0/2.2 ;
- add a wrapper for mod_timer in every file supposed to be back-compatible ;
- forget it until someone brings in a good (TM) solution ?

-- 
Ueimor


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