Re: [PATCH] Prevent netpoll hanging when link is down

[Colin Leroy <colin@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 20 Oct 2004 at 17h10, Eric Lemoine wrote:

Hi Eric, 

> > > > > [deadlock with sungem & netconsole when no carrier]
> > > > Sorry I'm catching up on that problem... Do you have your
> > > > problem solved? If not, did you try removing all printk calls
> > > > from within gem_poll(), as suggested by Matt Mackall?
> > >
> Ok. Keep me posted. If removing the printk's indeed helps I'll cook up
> a proper fix.

Ok, it tried... It doesn't help. I tried the wild way too:

        #define printk(...) do {} while (0);

It didn't help either. I'll give a look to other net drivers, to see if
they do stuff differently, but I fear that I won't find it easily...

-- 
Colin
  "If you can't beat your computer at chess, try kickboxing."