Subject: Re: Is one allowed to call tsleep from within an interrupt context?
To: Ignatios Souvatzis <is@jocelyn.rhein.de>
From: Brett Lymn <blymn@baea.com.au>
List: tech-kern
Date: 09/13/1999 09:57:26
According to Ignatios Souvatzis:
>
>No.
>

Thanks for all the definite answers on this one :-)  I was reasonably
certain it was wrong...

>
>Somebody should fix it.
>

I will fix it - it's biting me, I have the hardware to test it so I
don't think it unreasonable that I get this fixed.  The only question
I have is if tsleep cannot be called, what can I use?  The particular
function is looping (possibly infinitely - aaargh) on a register
status change and is using tsleep to throttle the poll interval.

BTW If/when I do fix this do I just commit it to -current? (i.e. is
that the right thing for _me_ to be doing :-)

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