[Accel-config] Re: [PATCH 1/1] accel-config: Fix idxd_mdev modprobe on specific silicon stepping

On Fri, Apr 02, 2021 at 10:29:33AM, Tony Luck <tony.luck(a)intel.com> wrote:
> >	modprobe idxd
> > +	sleep 1
> 
> Dave - this seems weird. Does the idxd start up some async work during module
> initialization?  I'd normally expect "modprobe" to complete synchronously.
> 
> "sleep 1" seems a fragile fix. If the system is heavily loaded would you need
> a longer sleep?

Tony Zhu mentioned he saw different behavior across hw steppings so the timing
may be an issue.

> 
> -Tony
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