netdev - Re: 2.6.29 forcedeth hang W/O NAPI enabled

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Date:	Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:58:25 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Adam Richter <adam_richter2004@...oo.com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, berkley@...wustl.edu
Subject: Re: 2.6.29 forcedeth hang W/O NAPI enabled

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 10:24:42PM -0700, Adam Richter wrote:
> 
> OK.  I tried your patch.  It seems fine.  I was able to do "ping -f" for five minutes with no problems, and surf the web during that time.

Thanks for testing! Since you also have a forcedeth card, could
you try rebuilding your kernel with FORCEDETH_NAPI enabled and
see if that is stable?

> I preserving the rest of your message below, just to be clear about which patch I tested.

Yep it's the right one.

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