On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 10:14:32PM +0100, Linus Walleij wrote: > From: Chris Blair <chris.bl...@stericsson.com> > > This switches the PL022 worker to a kthread in order to get > hold of a mechanism to control the message pump priority. On > low-latency systems elevating the message kthread to realtime > priority give a real sleek response curve. This has been > confirmed by measurements. Realtime priority elevation for > a certain PL022 port can be requested from platform data.
It really feels like we should be pulling this into the core - lots of drivers use a workqueue to drive data through the system and they're all going to have exactly the same issue. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ spi-devel-general mailing list spi-devel-general@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spi-devel-general
