Subject: Re: [patch 06/22] NET: DM9000: Use kthread to probe MII status when device open

From: Ben Dooks <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 18:33:07 +0000

On Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 08:38:51PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> seems like a delayed workqueue would be most appropriate for this.

I like the fact that the use of kthread shows the user how much
cpu time is being used by the execution of monitoring the phy. How
badly do people object to using a kthread?

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