Subject: Re: wi0 on SMC 2632W
To: Lennart Augustsson <lennart@mail.augustsson.net>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 12/18/2000 21:33:25
On Mon, Dec 18, 2000 at 09:43:54PM -0500, Lennart Augustsson wrote:

 > > I believe I fixed this in my current version; stolen from Bill's code, I
 > > have
 > >         if (sc->sc_prism2) {
 > >                 (do the init)
 > >                 DELAY(100000);
 > >                 (do the init)
 > >                 DELAY(100000);
 > >         }
 > 
 > ARRRGGHHH!!  Never call delay() with values that large.  Use some other
 > way to delay execution.

...but if you do, make sure to lock the data structure so that another
process can't come in and frob it underneath you.

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        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>