Subject: Re: solution to printk() blocking interrupts?

From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:17:15 +1000

On Sun, 2008-09-21 at 19:34 -0400, Jon Smirl wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 6:21 PM, Sergei Shtylyov
> <[email-masked]> wrote:
> >  Implementing the poll_controller() method in the network driver is usually
> > staightforward.
> 
> Good tip, the simple implementation worked.
> 
> What controls this? "carrier detect appears untrustworthy, waiting 4 seconds"
> Get that fixed and this patch could be useful,

Does the driver properly uses netif_carrier_on/off to signal the
system when the link is up/down ?

Cheers,
Ben.