From: Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 17:16:15 +1000
> The real problem here is a combination of factors. First of all e100 > does a netif_carrier_off in its open routine *before* the first call > to dev_activate. This when combined with the wrap-around bug causes > an infinitely delayed event for your NIC to be installed. I noticed that behavior of e100 too. > [NET] link_watch: Always schedule urgent events > > Urgent events may be delayed if we already have a non-urgent event > queued for that device. This patch changes this by making sure that > an urgent event is always looked at immediately. > > I've replaced the LW_RUNNING flag by LW_URGENT since whether work > is scheduled is already kept track by the work queue system. > > The only complication is that we have to provide some exclusion for > the setting linkwatch_nextevent which is available in the actual > work function. > > Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thanks for working this out, applied and pushed to net-2.6.git - 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
