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

From: Sergei Shtylyov <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:11:00 +0400

Hello, I wrote:

>>> 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 ?
>>   
>  Implementing the poll_controller() method in the network driver is 
> usually
>
>   Looks like the answer is "no"...

   Hm... it uses phylib, so probably it does that. That message and a 4 
s pause appears if the carrier is seen in <10 ms after opening the 
device. Maybe this threshold needs to be changed?

WBR, Sergei