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Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 12:14:08 -0700
From: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org>
To: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
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On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 12:00:44PM -0700, John Polstra wrote:
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> Huh?  I'm not aware of any hz-related botches in the mii code.
> Could you give me a specific example?  I'd like to fix it if I can
> find it.

it is not hz-related, the fact is that some PHY events are
handled by busy-waiting in the interrupt service routine
thus causing unpredictable latencies in the response to
interrupts.

	cheers
	luigi

> Thanks,
> John
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