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Re: [PATCH] mac80211: Remove TSF atomic requirement from the documentation

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On Fri, 2009-02-06 at 21:21 +0200, Kalle Valo wrote:
> "Alina Friedrichsen" <x-alina@xxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > The atomic requirement for the TSF callbacks is outdated. get_tsf() is
> > only called by ieee80211_rx_bss_info() which is indirectly called by
> > the work queue ieee80211_sta_work(). In the same context are called
> > several other non-atomic functions, too. And the atomic requirement
> > causes problems for drivers of USB wifi cards.
> 
> Atomicity requirement also creates problems for SPI based devices, not
> only USB. So I strongly support for removing the requirement.
> 
> Unfortunately I don't have time to review this, though. Sorry.

It's ok, I took a look, there's no such requirement (any more).

johannes

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