Re: QUESTION: Network hangs with BP6 and 2.4.x kernels, hardware related?

[Frank de Lange]

On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 08:04:24PM +0100, Manfred Spraul wrote:
> Linus wrote:
> > Does this seem to happen mainly with drivers that use "disable_irq()" 
> > and "enable_irq()"? I know the ne drivers do (through the 8390 module), 
> > and some others do too (3c59x). 
> 
> I removed the disable_irq lines from 8390.c, and that fixed the problem:
> no hang within 2 minutes - the test is still running.
> 
> Frank, could you double check it?

Hm, I also sent in a (somewhat different) patch on my own... :-)]

Anyway, still running under heavy load...

Cheers//Frank
-- 
  WWWWW      _______________________
 ## o o\    /     Frank de Lange     \
 }#   \|   /                          \
  ##---# _/     <Hacker for Hire>      \
   ####   \      +31-320-252965        /
           \    [EMAIL PROTECTED]    /
            -------------------------
 [ "Omnis enim res, quae dando non deficit, dum habetur
    et non datur, nondum habetur, quomodo habenda est."  ]
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/