Use msleep() instead of schedule_timeout() to guarantee the task delays as expected. Signed-off-by: Nishanth Aravamudan Acked-by: Phil Blundell Signed-off-by: Maximilian Attems Signed-off-by: Domen Puncer --- kj-domen/drivers/net/3c505.c | 6 ++---- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/net/3c505.c~msleep-drivers_net_3c505 drivers/net/3c505.c --- kj/drivers/net/3c505.c~msleep-drivers_net_3c505 2005-03-02 10:41:38.000000000 +0100 +++ kj-domen/drivers/net/3c505.c 2005-03-02 10:41:38.000000000 +0100 @@ -1317,8 +1317,7 @@ static int __init elp_sense(struct net_d if (orig_HSR & DIR) { /* If HCR.DIR is up, we pull it down. HSR.DIR should follow. */ outb(0, dev->base_addr + PORT_CONTROL); - set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE); - schedule_timeout(30*HZ/100); + msleep(300); if (inb_status(addr) & DIR) { if (elp_debug > 0) printk(notfound_msg, 2); @@ -1327,8 +1326,7 @@ static int __init elp_sense(struct net_d } else { /* If HCR.DIR is down, we pull it up. HSR.DIR should follow. */ outb(DIR, dev->base_addr + PORT_CONTROL); - set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE); - schedule_timeout(30*HZ/100); + msleep(300); if (!(inb_status(addr) & DIR)) { if (elp_debug > 0) printk(notfound_msg, 3); _