net/mlx4_en: Add a service task

Add a service task to run tasks that needed to be executed periodically.
Currently the only task is a watchdog to catch NIC clock overflow, to make
timestamping accurate.
Will move the statistics task into this framework in a later patch.

Signed-off-by: Amir Vadai <amirv@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Amir Vadai 2013-04-23 06:06:51 +00:00 • committed by David S. Miller
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