From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 10 Jun 2001 23:18:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 10 Jun 2001 23:18:04 -0400 Received: from mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net ([151.164.30.28]:60122 "EHLO mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 10 Jun 2001 23:17:55 -0400 Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 22:17:46 -0500 From: "Glenn C. Hofmann" Subject: Re: 3C905b partial lockup in 2.4.5-pre5 and up to 2.4.6-pre1 In-Reply-To: <15140.5762.589629.252904@pizda.ninka.net> To: Jeff Garzik , "David S. Miller" Cc: Russell King , Ben LaHaise , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@oss.sgi.com Reply-to: ghofmann@pair.com Message-id: <3B23F20A.22574.10AD93@localhost> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.12c) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT In-Reply-To: <3B23A4BB.7B4567A3@mandrakesoft.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I have, as was suggested, built as a module, and get unresolved symbol do_softirq, so this appears to be another problem in this driver with 2.4.6-pre2. If I can help in any way, please let me know, although I am by no means a programmer, just a tester. Thanks. Glenn C. Hofmann On 10 Jun 2001, at 17:53 David S. Miller wrote: > > Jeff Garzik writes: > > > [note I've not found anything in 2.4.5 where netif_carrier_ok prevents > > > the net layers queueing packets for an interface, and forwarding them > > > on for transmission]. > > > > we want netif_carrier_{on,off} to emit netlink messages. I don't know > > how DaveM would feel about such getting implemented in 2.4.x though, > > even if well tested. > > If someone sent me patches which did this (and minded the > restrictions, if any, this adds to the execution contexts in > which the carrier on/off stuff can be invoked) I would consider > the patch seriously for 2.4.x > > Later, > David S. Miller > davem@redhat.com > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/