Expensive MII code (was Re: "Expensive timeout(9) function...")

[Mike Silbersack]

On Sun, 13 Apr 2003, David Gilbert wrote:

> Mike> Well, actually, I figured out a way to make them much faster,
> Mike> but it's been a few months since I looked at that patch, I guess
> Mike> I should pull it back up and post it somewhere...
>
> Expensive, certainly.  The em driver locks up the whole machine for
> several seconds when ifconfig'ing cards.
>
> Dave.

Well, that's an extreme case.  It can probably be cut down considerably if
you take a hard look at it.

Mike "Silby" Silbersack.