Re: [PATCH] drivers/char/hvc_console.c: reduce max idle timeout

2010-11-01 Thread Chris Metcalf
On 11/1/2010 8:35 PM, Michael Ellerman wrote: > On Wed, 2010-10-27 at 12:54 -0400, Chris Metcalf wrote: >> The tile architecture uses this framework for our serial console, >> and our users complain that the delay of up to two seconds feels like >> the machine has gone non-responsive and is disturb

Re: [PATCH] drivers/char/hvc_console.c: reduce max idle timeout

2010-11-01 Thread Michael Ellerman
On Wed, 2010-10-27 at 12:54 -0400, Chris Metcalf wrote: > The tile architecture uses this framework for our serial console, > and our users complain that the delay of up to two seconds feels like > the machine has gone non-responsive and is disturbing. By contrast, > a delay of up to half a second

Re: [PATCH] drivers/char/hvc_console.c: reduce max idle timeout

2010-10-27 Thread Chris Metcalf
On 10/27/2010 3:21 PM, Alan Cox wrote: > On Wed, 27 Oct 2010 12:54:27 -0400 Chris Metcalf wrote: >> The tile architecture uses this framework for our serial console, > That may be a mistake unless your console is genuinely only capable of > polled input. The console is in fact interrupt-driven wi

Re: [PATCH] drivers/char/hvc_console.c: reduce max idle timeout

2010-10-27 Thread Alan Cox
On Wed, 27 Oct 2010 12:54:27 -0400 Chris Metcalf wrote: > The tile architecture uses this framework for our serial console, That may be a mistake unless your console is genuinely only capable of polled input. Alan ___ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxpp