Re: [PATCH] drivers/char/hvc_console.c: reduce max idle timeout

2010-11-01 Thread Michael Ellerman
On Wed, 2010-10-27 at 12:54 -0400, Chris Metcalf wrote: The tile architecture uses this framework for our serial console, and our users complain that the delay of up to two seconds feels like the machine has gone non-responsive and is disturbing. By contrast, a delay of up to half a second

Re: [PATCH] drivers/char/hvc_console.c: reduce max idle timeout

2010-11-01 Thread Chris Metcalf
On 11/1/2010 8:35 PM, Michael Ellerman wrote: On Wed, 2010-10-27 at 12:54 -0400, Chris Metcalf wrote: The tile architecture uses this framework for our serial console, and our users complain that the delay of up to two seconds feels like the machine has gone non-responsive and is disturbing.

Re: [PATCH] drivers/char/hvc_console.c: reduce max idle timeout

2010-10-27 Thread Alan Cox
On Wed, 27 Oct 2010 12:54:27 -0400 Chris Metcalf cmetc...@tilera.com wrote: The tile architecture uses this framework for our serial console, That may be a mistake unless your console is genuinely only capable of polled input. Alan ___ Linuxppc-dev

Re: [PATCH] drivers/char/hvc_console.c: reduce max idle timeout

2010-10-27 Thread Chris Metcalf
On 10/27/2010 3:21 PM, Alan Cox wrote: On Wed, 27 Oct 2010 12:54:27 -0400 Chris Metcalf cmetc...@tilera.com wrote: The tile architecture uses this framework for our serial console, That may be a mistake unless your console is genuinely only capable of polled input. The console is in fact