On Thu, 2008-01-03 at 17:36 -0600, Nate Case wrote:
> 
> PHY read/write functions can potentially sleep (e.g., a PHY accessed
> via I2C).  The following changes were made to account for this:
> 
>     * Change spin locks to mutex locks
>     * Add a BUG_ON() to phy_read() phy_write() to warn against
>       calling them from an interrupt context.
>     * Use work queue for PHY state machine handling since
>       it can potentially sleep
>     * Change phydev lock from spinlock to mutex


Cool, now I think I might be able to use the PAL for USB Ethernet
devices.


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David Hollis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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