[PATCH] ipconfig schedule fix

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Subject:	[PATCH] ipconfig schedule fix
From:	Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@xxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Tue, 23 Nov 2004 23:50:35 +0100
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Reply-to:	Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@xxxxxxxxx>
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Hi,

This simple patch makes the DHCP/BOOTP/RARP code sleep with
schedule_timeout() instead of hogging the cpu with cpu_relax() in a
loop. This comes handy when a guest kernel is booted inside QEMU.
Without the patch, the host operating system will consume cpu time
busy waiting.

Thanks,

/ magnus

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