Comments on 2.6.10 schedule_timeout please

["Mukund JB." <mukundjb@esntechnologies.co.in>]

Dear Kernel Developers,

I have noticed the schedule_timeout behaving somewhat different as penned from the Linux 2.6 Oreelly books.
I have developed a SD card Driver for 2.6.10 kernel & it works fine.
I needed a hardware reg to update that take a time of 300ms. I have issued a call like..

set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
schedule_timeout (300*HZ/1000);

I guess schedule_timeout should calls the scheduler after ensuring that the current process is awakened at timeout
expiration.
But, when I finally use it I get a sufficient delay which looks like a looped delay not allowing the keyboard to print messages on the screen.

I verified it ...

1) with debug messages immediately before & after the schedule_timeout call.
2) Commenting the schedule_timeout call.

Can someone comment on the schedule_timeout please?

Regards,
Mukund Jampala

-----Original Message-----
From: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org
[mailto:linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org]On Behalf Of Mukund JB.
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 6:39 PM
To: Adrian Bunk
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: RE: Which version of 2.6.11 is most stable



Dear Adrian,

Thanks for the information.
Also Can you please give inputs regarding.....

I have an existing Linux 2.6.11 BSP for an AMD GX processor.
What would it take me to port the complete BSP to 2.6.12 kernel?
Can I prefer to work on 2.6.11 kernel which makes me get the system up in no time without any changes made?
I guess 2.6.11 kernel will work with just a recompilation over 2.6.11.12 kernel.

An inquisitive question about Linux kernels versioning ...
How do 2.6.(x).1 and 2.6.(x).12 kernels vary?

Regards,
Mukund Jampala


-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian Bunk [mailto:bunk@stusta.de]
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 5:22 PM
To: Mukund JB.
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Which version of 2.6.11 is most stable


On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 03:38:13PM +0530, Mukund JB. wrote:
> 
> Dear All,
> 
> I am in the phase of development of a Linux BSP for 2.6.11 kernel.
> Which version of 2.6.11 kernel can be called best stable? In general where do i get this king of info?
> I serched in the www.lwn.net but i failed to get the required info.

The latest, IOW 2.6.11.12 .

But note that the 2.6.11 branch is no longer maintained since kernel 
2.6.12 was released 5 months ago, and therefore lacks e.g. current 
security fixes.

> Regards,
> Mukund Jampala

cu
Adrian

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