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From: Sureshkumar Kamalanathan <skk@sasken.com>
Subject: how do we block interrupts?
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 18:23:29 +0530
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Hi all,
  I have added a function inside kernel in netif_rx().  I want to block
all the ethernet interrupts till this function is executed.  
  How do we block and unblock the interrupts?
  Thanks in advance,

Regards,
Sureshkumar K.