Re: epic100 && >=2.3.99pre7 && ping -f == reproducible lockup

From: Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com)
Date: Sat May 27 2000 - 11:29:48 EDT

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    Andrew Morton wrote:
    >
    > dart@iowaone.net wrote:
    > >
    > > 2.3.99pre6 works fine, >= pre7 is broken
    > > 2.4.0-test1 is current kernel
    > >
    > > Eth is generally broken, no communication with other hosts whatsoever.
    >
    > Line 990, epic100.c:
    >
    > ep->dirty_tx = dirty_tx;
    > if (ep->tx_full
    > && cur_tx - dirty_tx < TX_RING_SIZE + 2) {
    > /* The ring is no longer full, clear tbusy. */
    > ep->tx_full = 0;
    > netif_wake_queue(dev);
    > }
    >
    > Methinks that should be 'TX_RING_SIZE - 2'

    Good spotting, I'm not sure it should be 'TX_RING_SIZE -2' but it sure
    looks like a bug. Donald, can you confirm? This is also in your latest
    epic100.c...

            Jeff 

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