From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jens Stroebel Subject: Re: 2.6.21.5+1small patch: not blocking Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:44:56 +0200 Message-ID: <468528F8.8050806@bcsoft.de> References: <4683F923.80508@bcsoft.de> <20070628213050.GB4233@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com> <4684F898.80204@bcsoft.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev list To: Francois Romieu Return-path: Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.183]:56951 "EHLO moutng.kundenserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933466AbXF2PpH (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:45:07 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4684F898.80204@bcsoft.de> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Jens Stroebel wrote: > Francois Romieu wrote: >> [...] >> It may help and/or accelerate things if you can narrow the fix(es) in >> the current r8169 serie. > Instead, I built 2.6.21.5+[a patch I snatched from a mail communication > you had on 2007-06-20 > (Msg-ID: <20070620211530.GA10042@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com> )]. > I will attach it with this mail, as it is really small and you don't > have to dig around to know what I'm talking about. > > As I am no kernel-developer, I am not sure there are no undesired side > effects by applying this patch to this kernel; if you think there are > (could/should be), it would be nice if you could state that, so I'd > refrain from testing with this combination. Following up to myself: It seems like the patch is able to change things in a way which makes the machine lock up hard. Pity that, looked so promising at first... greets, jens -- drifter@bcsoft.de 23.....56.......drifting By caffeine alone I set my mind in motion, By the beans of Java do thoughts acquire speed, hands acquire shaking, the shaking becomes a warning, By caffeine alone do I set my mind in motion