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From: Francois Romieu <romieu@fr.zoreil.com>
Subject: Re: spinlock BUG on b44 netconsole
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 01:59:15 +0100
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Dave Airlie <airlied@gmail.com> :
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Replace the spinlock in b44_start_xmit by the irq_{save/restore} version.
Do the same around for spin_lock(&np->dev->xmit_lock); in netpoll_send_skb.

If it helps, it's an ugly, buggy, bandaid and you should consider
capturing the messages through a serial cable instead.

If you want to read the details, see the thread "Netconsole violates
dev->hard_start_xmit synch rules" started the 06/09/2005 on
netdev@vger.kernel.org.

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Ueimor