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Date:	Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:01:45 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>
To:	Grant Grundler <grundler@...isc-linux.org>
CC:	David Dillow <dave@...dillows.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.6.25 typhoon_resume - remove call to start_queue

Grant Grundler wrote:
> Jeff,
> 
> While trying to fix http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8952
> I looked at a few other drivers to figure out what drivers _should_
> be doing for suspend/resume. I noticed typhoon driver is likely doing
> more than it needs to.  Patch below is untested since I don't have the HW.
> 
> Suspend/resume code across NIC drivers is fairly inconsistent.
> And I couldn't find any documentation on what the canonical sequence
> NICs need to do for suspend or resume.  Is there any?
> 
> Barring contrary advice, I'm going model the tulip suspend/resume
> fixes after tg3.c since a number of "modern" (< 5 years old) laptops
> have that and I'm silly enough to assume it works.
> 
> thanks,
> grant
> 
> ---
> Comments/code in netif_device_attach() suggest it is restarting the queue.
> Thus, typhoon_resume() doesn't need to call start_queue().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Grant Grundler <grundler@...isc-linux.org>
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/typhoon.c b/drivers/net/typhoon.c
> index 333961b..c0dd25b 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/typhoon.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/typhoon.c
> @@ -2183,7 +2183,6 @@ typhoon_resume(struct pci_dev *pdev)
>  	}
>  
>  	netif_device_attach(dev);
> -	netif_start_queue(dev);
>  	return 0;
>  
>  reset:
> --
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