Re: [PATCH] support for Cobalt Networks (x86 only) systems (for

Bogdan Costescu (bogdan.costescu@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de)
Fri, 1 Jun 2001 15:06:22 +0200 (CEST)

On Fri, 1 Jun 2001, Alan Cox wrote:

> I am sure that to an unpriviledged application reporting back the same result
> as we saw last time we asked the hardware unless it is over 30 seconds old
> will work fine. Maybe 10 for link partner ?

No way! If I implement a HA application which depends on link status, I
want the info to be accurate, I don't want to know that 30 seconds ago I
had good link.

IMHO, rate limiting is the only solution.

-- 
Bogdan Costescu


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