I've attached a patch.
I tried to trigger the problem with my 10 MBit ne2k-pci connection, but
without success.
Could you try it?
I've tested it with -ac17, and it applies to 2.4.2 cleanly.
--
Manfred
--- 2.4/arch/i386/kernel/process.c Thu Feb 22 22:28:52 2001
+++ build-2.4/arch/i386/kernel/process.c Thu Mar 15 20:35:12 2001
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@
{
if (current_cpu_data.hlt_works_ok && !hlt_counter) {
__cli();
+ if (softirq_active(smp_processor_id()) &
+softirq_mask(smp_processor_id())) {
+ __sti();
+ do_softirq();
+ return;
+ }
if (!current->need_resched)
safe_halt();
else
