Re: [RFC] Debugging posted PCI writes

From: Grant Grundler (grundler@cup.hp.com)
Date: Tue Oct 22 2002 - 14:49:16 EST


Matthew Wilcox wrote:
...
> Perhaps a timer that writes the queue every second would help? It may
> be considered unreasonable for writes to be delayed _indefinitely_.

it is. that's what I was warning you about. need a timer to push
writes out every jiffie or so.

overall this is a great idea that was discussed at OLS/kernel summit.

grant
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