Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 30 Sep 2000 11:08:28 +0200 (SAST) | From | Hans Grobler <> | Subject | Re: [Q] net_device methods and disable_irq interaction (SMP&UP) |
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On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Alan Cox wrote: > > Can spin_lock_irqsave and the disable_irq & spin_lock combinations be > > safely mixed, particularly with regards to the networking layer? This does > > not seem to be done anywhere in the kernel so I suspect that I'm trying > > to do something wrong/bogus ... > > We do it on the 8390 and 3c509.
Thanks for the references Alan... just what I was looking for. Looks like my 'grep' skills need some work :)
-- Hans.
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