Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.18-rc6 1/2] dllink driver: porting v1.19 to linux 2.6.18-rc6

From: Florian Weimer <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:29:09 +0200

* Arjan van de Ven:

>>  	if (irq)
>>  		spin_lock(&np->tx_lock);
>>  	else
>>  		spin_lock_irqsave(&np->tx_lock, flag);
>
> double eeeep
>
> this is wrong to do with in_interrupt() as gating factor!

Well, this is not Hayim fault.  It's in 2.6.18 as is.

Unfortunately, the driver does not work very well.  Transmitting
frames hangs after a while (quickly to reproduce with ping -f
-s40000).  Any suggestions how we could this get working?  The cards
used work quite well in older systems despite all the driver bugs, but
current systems with different timings expose them.

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