>> Beautiful.  The patch works!  I now get DHCP replies.
>>
>> Is this the patch you will put into the official tree, or do you still
>> need to do more?
>>
>>     
>
> One thing, could you confirm that your network card relies on edge interrupts
> (and not level)?
>
> Aside of that, it should be ok. It's the same IRQ lock out issue fixed in the
> ppc/ branch recently.
>
>   

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you - vacation. 

The ethernet interrupts on the PPC440 are level-sensitive.  I gather
that is not what you were expecting, so I wonder what the implications are.

After looking at it more closely, I don't really understand this fix. 
uic_mask_ack_irq() is just uic_mask_irq() followed by uic_ack_irq(). 
So, why do you remove the ipipe_irq_lock() from uic_mask_ack_irq() and
not from uic_mask_irq()?  Also, since uic_unmask_irq() always calls
ipipe_irq_unlock(), doesn't that mean you can wind up with more unlocks
than locks (since uic_mask_ack_irq/uic_unmask_irq are no longer balanced)?

>> Also, please include my compile-time patch, if that is acceptible.
>>
>>     
>
> I recently committed a different fix for the same issue after you reported it.
> This should work without requiring additional #ifdef'ing as well. Thanks for the
> heads up.
>
> --- a/include/asm-powerpc/ipipe.h
> +++ b/include/asm-powerpc/ipipe.h
> @@ -62,8 +62,6 @@
>  		local_irq_enable_hw(); x;				\
>  	} )
>
> -#define ipipe_update_tick_evtdev(evtdev)	do { } while (0)
> -
>  struct ipipe_domain;
>
>  struct ipipe_sysinfo {
> @@ -209,4 +207,6 @@ do {									\
>
>  #endif /* CONFIG_IPIPE */
>
> +#define ipipe_update_tick_evtdev(evtdev)	do { } while (0)
> +
>  #endif /* !__ASM_POWERPC_IPIPE_H */
>   

Ok - thanks.  I'll apply that fix instead.

    Steve