linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mv643xx ethernet driver

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Date:	Fri, 2 Mar 2007 12:24:43 -0800
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mv643xx ethernet driver

On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 23:52:06 -0500
Giridhar Pemmasani <giri@....cs.sunysb.edu> wrote:

> During initialization, mv643xx driver registers IRQ before setting up tx/rx
> rings. This causes kernel oops because mv643xx_poll, which gets called
> right after registering IRQ, calls netif_rx_complete, which accesses the rx
> ring (I don't have the oops message anymore; I just remember this sequence
> of calls). Attached (tested) patch first initializes the rx/tx rings and
> then registers the IRQ.
> 
> Giri

Wrong mailing list network device patches should be sent to:

NETWORK DEVICE DRIVERS
P:	Andrew Morton
M:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
P:	Jeff Garzik
M:	jgarzik@...ox.com
L:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
T:	git kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/netdev-2.6.git
S:	Maintained

-- 
Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
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