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Re: acenic lockup

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Subject: Re: acenic lockup
From: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 12:34:21 -0700 (PDT)
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   From: Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
   Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 21:06:32 +0400 (MSD)
   
   I remember we discussed this with Dave
   and he was very angry about this flaw shared by most of drivers
   and, seems, did not eat this fix.
   
Yes, this netif_wake_queue() in acenic's watchdog routine
is bogus.  It is guarenteed lockup.

Ok, I applied this.

However, what does kick device back into working state?

Do we make shamans dance when this message hits the logs
and pray for the best? :-)

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