From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261843AbVHEOgA (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Aug 2005 10:36:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261826AbVHEOgA (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Aug 2005 10:36:00 -0400 Received: from dsl027-180-168.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([216.27.180.168]:31459 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261759AbVHEOf4 (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Aug 2005 10:35:56 -0400 Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2005 07:36:07 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20050805.073607.78730729.davem@davemloft.net> To: rostedt@goodmis.org Cc: ak@suse.de, mingo@elte.hu, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, sandos@home.se Subject: Re: lockups with netconsole on e1000 on media insertion From: "David S. Miller" In-Reply-To: <1123252026.18332.37.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <1123251013.18332.28.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20050805141426.GU8266@wotan.suse.de> <1123252026.18332.37.camel@localhost.localdomain> X-Mailer: Mew version 4.2 on Emacs 21.4 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Steven Rostedt Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2005 10:27:06 -0400 > Darn it, since this should really be reported. Yes, the core netpoll > should bail out, but it is also a problem with the driver and should be > fixed. I don't get how you can even remotely claim this to be a problem with the driver. If there is no cable plugged in, the link never comes up, and that is a completely normal thing. The netpoll code should simply not try forever to wait for the link to go up.