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From: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
Subject: Re: [spi-devel-general] [PATCH][2.16.17-rc1-mm2] spi: Added spi master driver for Freescale MPC83xx SPI controller
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:10:41 -0500
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On Apr 10, 2006, at 4:06 PM, David Brownell wrote:

> On Monday 10 April 2006 1:22 pm, Kumar Gala wrote:
>>
>
>> I wasn't particular happy about the spinning for ever, wasn't sure
>> what would be better.  I need to ensure we've gotten both a TX & RX
>> event before transmitting the next character.  I'm open to
>> suggestions on how to do this better.
>
> I figured that it's impossible to get an RX event without the TX
> having completed.  :)

Should I just get ride of the spin loop then?

- k