Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 12 Feb 1997 21:23:40 +0000 (GMT) | From | Philip Blundell <> | Subject | Re: 2.0.27 major problems #1 -- 3c59x driver. |
| |
On Tue, 11 Feb 1997, Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> I don't have one of those cards to try, but look at the source in the area > you mention. Just above the "access conflict ", error message ( I am at > home on a crappy terminal so I can't cut-paste into this mailer). There > is a few lines of code that drop the packets and reinitialize the controller. > > Just cut and paste into the same area when the "access conflict" occurs. > The idea is that when the controller refuses to work, reinitialize it.
A transmitter access conflict is not disaster. There is no need to reinitialise the controller - all it means is that the driver's transmit routine was reentered, and the second transmit was deferred to avoid contention.
phil
|  |