> Only some of them can be cached... (some of the MIIs in some drivers > are already cached, in fact) you can't cache stuff like what your link > partner is advertising at the moment, or what your battery status is at > the moment. I am sure that to an unpriviledged application reporting back the same result as we saw last time we asked the hardware unless it is over 30 seconds old will work fine. Maybe 10 for link partner ? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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- Re: [PATCH] support for Cobalt Networks (x86 only... Bogdan Costescu
- Re: [PATCH] support for Cobalt Networks (x86 ... Jeff Garzik
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- Re: [PATCH] support for Coba... Bogdan Costescu
- Re: [PATCH] support for Coba... Jeff Garzik
- Re: [PATCH] support for Coba... David S. Miller
- Re: [PATCH] support for Coba... Bogdan Costescu
- Re: [PATCH] support for Coba... Bogdan Costescu
- Re: [PATCH] support for Coba... jamal
- Re: [PATCH] support for Coba... Bogdan Costescu
- Re: [PATCH] support for Coba... jamal
- Re: [PATCH] support for Coba... Alan Cox
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