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Re: IOC3 driver

To: Kanoj Sarcar <kanoj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: IOC3 driver
From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 01:07:55 +0200
Cc: linux-origin@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <200007172259.PAA51428@google.engr.sgi.com>; from kanoj@google.engr.sgi.com on Mon, Jul 17, 2000 at 03:59:56PM -0700
References: <20000718002533.A8679@bacchus.dhis.org> <200007172259.PAA51428@google.engr.sgi.com>
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On Mon, Jul 17, 2000 at 03:59:56PM -0700, Kanoj Sarcar wrote:

> > I just added a minor fix to the IOC3 driver.  We were loosing the SSRAM
> > bits from the emcr register when we did a driver reset.  As trivial as
> > this fix is I didn't have any network hangs since then.  There however
> > isn't any obvious link between those bits and the UP network lockups we
> > were observing, so I'm interested in test reports from others.
> 
> Nothing UP specific there, the same network lockups have been observed on
> SMP kernels too ...

Ok, that makes more sense.  I probably missunderstood Ulf's description.

  Ralf

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