Re: current->timeout = jiffies + ? -> schedule_timeout(?)

Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
Wed, 4 Nov 1998 10:14:29 -0800 (PST)


On Wed, 4 Nov 1998, Stephen Frost wrote:
>
> Is everything that does a 'current->timeout = jiffies + x;' obsolete and
> needing to be redone as 'schedule_timeout(x);'?

Yes. However, I've done some of it already. Sending me patches is still a
good idea, though.

The areas that I haven't done are mainly:
- non-PC drivers
- ISDN
- cdrom drivers
- some of the more special serial and parallel port drivers

Thanks,

Linus

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