netdev - Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 9808] New: system hung with htb QoS

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Message-Id: <20080124135014.afdbf16d.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:50:14 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	"Brandeburg, Jesse" <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, bilias@....physics.uoc.gr,
	bugme-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org, auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com,
	e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 9808] New: system hung with htb QoS

> On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:06:58 -0800 "Brandeburg, Jesse" <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com> wrote:
> Would you be willing to try the 7.6.15 driver at e1000.sourceforge.net,
> it has many more fixes for e1000 than what is available in the in-kernel
> driver.  I just posted a patch in the "Tracker/Patches" area that
> patches 7.6.15 to support the e1000_dump code to dump rings when the tx
> hang occurs which will help us figure out a) what software did to the
> ring, b) if something is messed up in the ring which we know will hang
> the hardware

General hand-waving: if you have a debug patch which helps diagnose
rare problems when a tester hits them, please consider just putting
them straight into the mainline tree.

We can always take them out later when everything is resolved, and we
can help ourselves a lot this way. 
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