Re: [PATCH] driver core: remove polling for driver_probe_done(v3)

[Greg KH]

On Wed, Feb 04, 2009 at 05:08:58PM -0800, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Feb 2009 15:08:51 -0800
> Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 06:52:24AM -0800, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> > > On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:48:35 +0800
> > > tom.leiming@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > 
> > > > From: Ming Lei <tom.leiming@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > 
> > > > This patch adds a function : driver_wait_probe_done,
> > > > which waits on condition of probing done to replace
> > > > polling for driver_probe_done in fs initialization.
> > > > 
> > > > There is no better way to avoid polling for
> > > > driver_probe_done _and_ existence of the root device,
> > > > so we does not replace the driver_probe_done with
> > > > driver_wait_probe_done in such special case.
> > > > 
> > > > Removing polling in fs initialization may lead to
> > > > a faster boot.
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <tom.leiming@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > 
> > > ok this one will work fine ;)
> > > 
> > > Reviewed-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > 
> > > thanks for fixing this up 
> > > (it will clash with the patch that moves this to one place, but the
> > > same cleanup can be done there)
> > 
> > What patch is that?  Should i be taking this?  Or are they in some
> > other tree?
> 
> it's the suspend-resume regression fixes that either you already have
> or that raphael sent to you

Hm, ok, I don't see any left in my tree, or queue, so perhaps someone
might want to resend them to me?

thanks,

greg k-h
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