Re: Lockup with 2.6.9-ac15 related to netconsole

[Mark Broadbent <markb@wetlettuce.com>]

On Sat, 2004-12-18 at 00:35 +0100, Francois Romieu wrote:
> Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> :
> [...]
> > Please try the attached untested, uncompiled patch to add polling to
> > r8169:
> [...]
> > @@ -1839,6 +1842,15 @@
> >  }
> >  #endif
> >  
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
> > +static void rtl8169_netpoll(struct net_device *dev)
> > +{
> > +	disable_irq(dev->irq);
> > +	rtl8169_interrupt(dev->irq, netdev, NULL);
>                                     ^^^^^^ -> should be "dev"
> 
> The r8169 driver in -mm offers netpoll. A patch which syncs the r8169
> driver from 2.6.10-rc3 with current -mm is available at:
> http://www.fr.zoreil.com/people/francois/misc/20041218-2.6.10-rc3-r8169.c-test.patch
> 
> Please report success/failure. Cc: netdev@oss.sgi.com is welcome.

Will try -mm when I next have access to the hardware (on Monday) and
will report back.

Thanks
Mark

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