Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 16:04:03 +0000
From: Mikael Bouillot <xaajimri@corbac.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Martin Zwickel <martin.zwickel@technotrend.de>
Subject: Re: Forcedeth driver bug
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> Do you really know that the driver don't get the stuck packet. Or is it possible
> that the kernels network stack does the fault?

  No, I'm not sure it's the driver's fault. I have this problem since I
switched from nvnet to forcedeth and from 2.4.24 to 2.6.7. But I suspect
this is the drivers fault because:

* I have tried to reproduce it on another 2.6.7 machine (with a
  different driver) and failed.
* Such an important bug in the network stack would hardly go unnoticed.
* The forcedeth driver is still new and somewhat untested :-)


> I'm asking because I have a similar problem with udp and kernel 2.6.7-rc2-mm2.
> My sendto gets stuck sometimes and only continues if the kernel handles another
> network packet.
> 
> But maybe my problem is a totally different one.

  In my case, it's the incoming packets that get stuck. Outgoing packets
work just fine. But then again, I'm not sure without running further
tests. I sent my message to the list mainly to know if this was a well
know bug.

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