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Date:	Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:27:06 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	chase.douglas@...onical.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] 3c59x: Acquire vortex lock instead of disabling irq

From: Chase Douglas <chase.douglas@...onical.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:20:45 -0400

> If that's the case, what's the solution? It's not safe to call
> disable_irq* in softirq context anymore.

That's a huge problem, because such a restriction has broken
several drivers.  3c59x is not the only one which uses this
technique for this reason.  The 8390 one does too.

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