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SubjectRe: Gianfar driver failing on MPC8641D based board
Martyn Welch wrote:
> Paul Gortmaker wrote:
>
>> On 10-02-26 09:35 AM, Anton Vorontsov wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 12:06:15PM +0000, Martyn Welch wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Anton Vorontsov wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 07:53:30PM -0500, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
>>>>> [...]
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I was able to reproduce it on an 8641D and bisected it down to this:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----------
>>>>>> commit a3bc1f11e9b867a4f49505ecac486a33af248b2e
>>>>>> Author: Anton Vorontsov<avorontsov@ru.mvista.com>
>>>>>> Date: Tue Nov 10 14:11:10 2009 +0000
>>>>>>
>>>>>> gianfar: Revive SKB recycling
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the bisect. I have a guess why tx hangs in
>>>>> SMP case. Could anyone try the patch down below?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Yup, no problem. I'm afraid it doesn't resolve the problem for me.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Hm.. I found a p2020 board and I was able to reproduce the issue.
>>> The patch down below fixed it completely for me... hm.
>>>
>>>
>> Interesting. I just tested the patch on the sbc8641d, and it
>> still has the issue with your patch applied. I'm using NFSroot
>> just like Martyn was and it still appears bound up on that
>> gianfar tx lock. I'll see if I can get a SysRq backtrace in
>> case that will help you see how it manages to get there...
>>
>>
>
> I've got a p2020ds here as well, so I'll give NFSroot on that a try with
> your patch.
>

Out of 10 boot attempts, 7 failed.

Martyn

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