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* [PATCH net-next-2.6 0/2] 3c59x: Locking fixes
@ 2010-06-23 23:52 Ben Hutchings
  2010-06-23 23:54 ` [PATCH net-next-2.6 1/2] 3c59x: Specify window explicitly for access to windowed registers Ben Hutchings
  2010-06-23 23:55 ` [PATCH net-next-2.6 2/2] 3c59x: Use fine-grained locks for MII and windowed register access Ben Hutchings
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 13+ messages in thread
From: Ben Hutchings @ 2010-06-23 23:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: David Miller; +Cc: netdev, Chase Douglas, Arne Nordmark

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disable_irq() is no longer safe to use in atomic context.  This should
remove the need to use disable_irq() or to hold locks for long periods
in 3c59x.

Ben.

Ben Hutchings (2):
  3c59x: Specify window explicitly for access to windowed registers
  3c59x: Use fine-grained locks for MII and windowed register access

 drivers/net/3c59x.c |  350 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
 1 files changed, 177 insertions(+), 173 deletions(-)



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2010-06-23 23:52 [PATCH net-next-2.6 0/2] 3c59x: Locking fixes Ben Hutchings
2010-06-23 23:54 ` [PATCH net-next-2.6 1/2] 3c59x: Specify window explicitly for access to windowed registers Ben Hutchings
2010-06-29  6:20   ` David Miller
2010-06-23 23:55 ` [PATCH net-next-2.6 2/2] 3c59x: Use fine-grained locks for MII and windowed register access Ben Hutchings
2010-06-24 12:05   ` Steffen Klassert
2010-06-24 12:57     ` Ben Hutchings
2010-06-24 14:00       ` Steffen Klassert
2010-06-25  0:45         ` Ben Hutchings
2010-06-25  8:24           ` Steffen Klassert
2010-06-29  6:18             ` David Miller
2010-06-29  6:39               ` Steffen Klassert
2010-06-30  1:26               ` [PATCHv2 net-next-2.6] " Ben Hutchings
2010-06-30  6:15                 ` David Miller

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