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Message-ID: <46328C28.5040908@bigpond.net.au>
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 09:50:00 +1000
From: Peter Williams <pwil3058@...pond.net.au>
To: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>, jgarzik@...ox.com
CC: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux-2.6.21 hangs during post boot initialization phase
Neil Horman wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 12:28:28AM +1000, Peter Williams wrote:
>> Neil Horman wrote:
>>> On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 04:05:11PM +1000, Peter Williams wrote:
>
> Damn, This is what happens when I try to do things too quickly. I missed one
> spot in my last patch where I replaced skb with rx_skb. Its not critical, but
> it should improve sis900 performance by quite a bit. This applies on top of the
> last two patches. Sorry about that.
>
> Thanks & Regards
> Neil
>
> Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
>
>
> sis900.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/sis900.c b/drivers/net/sis900.c
> index 7e44939..db59dce 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/sis900.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/sis900.c
> @@ -1790,7 +1790,7 @@ static int sis900_rx(struct net_device *net_dev)
> /* give the socket buffer to upper layers */
> rx_skb = sis_priv->rx_skbuff[entry];
> skb_put(rx_skb, rx_size);
> - skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(rx_skb, net_dev);
> + rx_skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(rx_skb, net_dev);
> netif_rx(rx_skb);
>
> /* some network statistics */
My system also boots OK after I add this patch. Can't tell whether it's
improved the performance or not.
Peter
--
Peter Williams pwil3058@...pond.net.au
"Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious."
-- Ambrose Bierce
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