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Re: [PATCH 04/19] wilc: add host_interface.c

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> > > Do you mean we should be doing the work from the cfg context?
> > > Note that this is called cfg80211_ops.set_wiphy_params(), and involves
> > > locking mutexes, packing the wids, bus operations, and waiting for the
> > > device to respond.
> > 
> > That *should* be fine - how long do you expect that to take?
> > 
> 
> It depends on the IO bus used (SPI/SDIO), clock speed.. etc
> It would also vary according to the data packets being transferred
> with the device.
> If there's heavy data transfer, configuration packets would take
> longer to be sent, and for their response to be received.

How much time do you think you're looking at?

I'd argue for trying it though as it makes the code MUCH simpler.

johannes




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