Re: feature-removal-schedule obsoletes

[Jörn Engel]

On Sat, 28 October 2006 10:34:51 +0200, Pierre Ossman wrote:
> 
> What should be used to replace it? The MMC block driver uses it to
> manage the block device queue. I am not that intimate with the block
> layer so I do not know the proper fix.

Why does the MMC block driver use a thread?  Is there a technical
reason for this or could it be done in original process context as
well, removing some code and useless cpu scheduler overhead?

Jörn

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