Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264784AbTIJI3L (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Sep 2003 04:29:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264782AbTIJI3L (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Sep 2003 04:29:11 -0400 Received: from ns.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:14047 "EHLO Cantor.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264784AbTIJI3J (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Sep 2003 04:29:09 -0400 Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 10:29:08 +0200 From: Andi Kleen To: Matt Mackall Cc: Andi Kleen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] netpoll: netconsole Message-ID: <20030910082908.GE29485@wotan.suse.de> References: <20030910074256.GD4489@waste.org.suse.lists.linux.kernel> <20030910082435.GG4489@waste.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030910082435.GG4489@waste.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 752 Lines: 22 > No, haven't encountered it. Which lock are we talking about, specifically? The hardware register lock of the low level device drivers. It's a different lock for each driver. They take it usually in all functions that access hardware registers, including poll. > It ups the interface if necessary and has enough info to build a > complete raw packet so if I understand you correctly, it's already > there. I start getting netconsole messages immediately after > driver/net initcalls. Ok, great. -Andi - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/