jamal wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-01-04 at 18:28, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> 
>>jamal wrote:
>>
>>>The change is simple if theres consensus to go this path.
>>
>>Can you resend your patch?
> 
> 
> I didnt send any patch - but heres one that looks right - havent tried
> compiling it.

Thank you for diving into this, Jamal.

For the patch to have much effect, we need to check the carrier before
calling hard_start_xmit(). Like in the modified patch below.

>>My main objection was that any change should be made in the core, not in 
>>individual net drivers.
> 
> 
> Attached patch resolves that concern

Except for the drivers that call netif_stop_queue() on link-down. These
calls (and the corresponding netif_wake_queue) would have to be removed.


-Tommy