Re: QUESTION: Network hangs with BP6 and 2.4.x kernels, hardware related?

[Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>]

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Linus wrote:
> Does this seem to happen mainly with drivers that use "disable_irq()" 
> and "enable_irq()"? I know the ne drivers do (through the 8390 module), 
> and some others do too (3c59x). 

I removed the disable_irq lines from 8390.c, and that fixed the problem:
no hang within 2 minutes - the test is still running.

Frank, could you double check it?

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	Manfred

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// $Header$
// Kernel Version:
//  VERSION = 2
//  PATCHLEVEL = 4
//  SUBLEVEL = 0
//  EXTRAVERSION =
--- 2.4/drivers/net/8390.c	Thu Jan  4 22:00:55 2001
+++ build-2.4/drivers/net/8390.c	Fri Jan 12 19:53:47 2001
@@ -242,15 +242,15 @@
 
 	/* Ugly but a reset can be slow, yet must be protected */
 		
-	disable_irq_nosync(dev->irq);
-	spin_lock(&ei_local->page_lock);
+/*	disable_irq_nosync(dev->irq);*/
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&ei_local->page_lock, flags);
 		
 	/* Try to restart the card.  Perhaps the user has fixed something. */
 	ei_reset_8390(dev);
 	NS8390_init(dev, 1);
 		
-	spin_unlock(&ei_local->page_lock);
-	enable_irq(dev->irq);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ei_local->page_lock, flags);
+/*	enable_irq(dev->irq); */
 	netif_wake_queue(dev);
 }
     
@@ -285,9 +285,9 @@
 	 *	Slow phase with lock held.
 	 */
 	 
-	disable_irq_nosync(dev->irq);
+/*	disable_irq_nosync(dev->irq);*/
 	
-	spin_lock(&ei_local->page_lock);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&ei_local->page_lock, flags);
 	
 	ei_local->irqlock = 1;
 
@@ -327,8 +327,8 @@
 		ei_local->irqlock = 0;
 		netif_stop_queue(dev);
 		outb_p(ENISR_ALL, e8390_base + EN0_IMR);
-		spin_unlock(&ei_local->page_lock);
-		enable_irq(dev->irq);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ei_local->page_lock, flags);
+/*		enable_irq(dev->irq);*/
 		ei_local->stat.tx_errors++;
 		return 1;
 	}
@@ -383,8 +383,8 @@
 	ei_local->irqlock = 0;
 	outb_p(ENISR_ALL, e8390_base + EN0_IMR);
 	
-	spin_unlock(&ei_local->page_lock);
-	enable_irq(dev->irq);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ei_local->page_lock, flags);
+/*	enable_irq(dev->irq); */
 
 	dev_kfree_skb (skb);
 	ei_local->stat.tx_bytes += send_length;