> The device is only polled for status every 5 seconds yet status updates > occur as often as every second - when the line is down the status changes > between "down" and "attempting to activate" every 2 seconds.
How much overhead does polling involve? [A particularly problematic case is when polling is failing - I've occasionally seen speedtouch modems where polling fails every time (not sure why) and for some reason this increases system load considerably, which is why the speedtch driver has a dynamic polling interval]. If polling overhead is basically nothing, then this change is OK with me. Otherwise the next simplest thing to do is to have a short polling interval when the line is down, and a longer one when the line is up. Ciao, Duncan. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
