From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755180AbZC2Xhd (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:37:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755538AbZC2Xg5 (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:36:57 -0400 Received: from fmailhost04.isp.att.net ([204.127.217.104]:41546 "EHLO fmailhost04.isp.att.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755499AbZC2Xg4 (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:36:56 -0400 X-Originating-IP: [69.76.240.125] Message-ID: <49D004BB.3010505@lwfinger.net> Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:31:07 -0500 From: Larry Finger User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20081227) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jeff Garzik CC: netdev , LKML Subject: [PATCH 0/2] kaweth: Fix locking and cleanup code Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org When I dug out an old Peracom USB Ethernet Adapter, I was surprised to see that it worked, but soon discovered that it generated several suspicious kernel log messages. The first of the 2 patches that follow incorporate changes in locking that allow the device to be used on SMP systems. The second patch removes other errors that were logged and cleans up the code a little. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger ---