Re: patch tulip-natsemi-dp83840a-phy-fix.patch added to -mm tree

[Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx>]

Francois Romieu wrote:
> Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx> :
> [tulip_media_select]
>
> > 1) called from timer context, from the media poll timer
> >
> > 2) called from spin_lock_irqsave() context, in the ->tx_timeout hook.
> >
> > The first case can be fixed by moved all the timer code to a workqueue. 
> > Then when the existing timer fires, kick the workqueue.
> > The second case can be fixed by kicking the workqueue upon tx_timeout 
> > (which is the reason why I did not suggest queue_delayed_work() use).
>
> First try below. It only moves tulip_select_media() to process context.
> The original patch (with s/udelay/msleep/ or such) is not included.
>
> Patch applies/compiles against 2.6.12-rc4.
Looks pretty good to me, at first look.

I'll give it some thought, and probably apply it, in a few days.

        Jeff