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

Frank de Lange
2001-01-12T19:08:22Z

On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 08:04:24PM +0100, Manfred Spraul wrote:
> 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?

Hm, I also sent in a (somewhat different) patch on my own... :-)]

Anyway, still running under heavy load...

Cheers//Frank
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