Unless we have failed to fill the RX ring the timer used by the natsemi driver is not particularly urgent and can use round_jiffies() to allow grouping with other timers.
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- drivers/net/natsemi.c | 10 +++++++--- 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/natsemi.c b/drivers/net/natsemi.c index b47a12d..0b33a58 100644 --- a/drivers/net/natsemi.c +++ b/drivers/net/natsemi.c @@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ static int netdev_open(struct net_device *dev) /* Set the timer to check for link beat. */ init_timer(&np->timer); - np->timer.expires = jiffies + NATSEMI_TIMER_FREQ; + np->timer.expires = round_jiffies(jiffies + NATSEMI_TIMER_FREQ); np->timer.data = (unsigned long)dev; np->timer.function = &netdev_timer; /* timer handler */ add_timer(&np->timer); @@ -1855,7 +1855,11 @@ static void netdev_timer(unsigned long data) next_tick = 1; } } - mod_timer(&np->timer, jiffies + next_tick); + + if (next_tick > 1) + mod_timer(&np->timer, round_jiffies(jiffies + next_tick)); + else + mod_timer(&np->timer, jiffies + next_tick); } static void dump_ring(struct net_device *dev) @@ -3330,7 +3334,7 @@ static int natsemi_resume (struct pci_dev *pdev) spin_unlock_irq(&np->lock); enable_irq(dev->irq); - mod_timer(&np->timer, jiffies + 1*HZ); + mod_timer(&np->timer, round_jiffies(jiffies + 1*HZ)); } netif_device_attach(dev); netif_poll_enable(dev); -- 1.5.3.4 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html