> I've changed the -EIO into NETDEV_TX_BUSY and so far I can't > trigger the bug anymore. It was quite easy to trigger within > minutes with rsync, but I can't trigger it anymore. Should I > send a patch, and if > so: to who? The tulip/xircom_cb driver seems to be orphaned.
Perhaps Jeff Garzik is a good place to start. He maintains the driver tree, he either can take the patch or direct you to where it should go. > No need to test that, it *is* netif_stopped before the return: > > /* Uh oh... no free descriptor... drop the packet */ > netif_stop_queue(dev); > spin_unlock_irqrestore(&card->lock,flags); > trigger_transmit(card); > > return NETDEV_TX_BUSY; > > trigger_transmit() is a simple function that just writes a > single register on the card to trigger a transmit. Eek! No need to make this smarter at this point, but this is pretty basic. Cheers, -PJ Waskiewicz -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
