Re: [PATCH] use kthread infrastructure in envctrl

2005-08-09 Thread David S. Miller
From: Christoph Hellwig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 22:28:59 +0200 > Sure. While we're at it, is there a specific reason various sbus > drivers reimplement i2c functionality instead of using the common > code? There wer no suitable i2c client registry, sharing, and mutual exclusion

Re: [PATCH] use kthread infrastructure in envctrl

2005-08-09 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 12:33:09PM -0700, David S. Miller wrote: > From: Christoph Hellwig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 15:51:28 +0200 > > > envctrl currently uses very odd ways to stop a thread, using various > > things that should be exposed to drivers at all. > > > > This patch

Re: [PATCH] use kthread infrastructure in envctrl

2005-08-09 Thread David S. Miller
From: Christoph Hellwig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 15:51:28 +0200 > envctrl currently uses very odd ways to stop a thread, using various > things that should be exposed to drivers at all. > > This patch (which is untested as I don't have sparc hardware) switches > it to use the pro

[PATCH] use kthread infrastructure in envctrl

2005-08-09 Thread Christoph Hellwig
envctrl currently uses very odd ways to stop a thread, using various things that should be exposed to drivers at all. This patch (which is untested as I don't have sparc hardware) switches it to use the proper kthread infrastructure. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Index: l