On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 16:49:10 +0100, Marco Berizzi wrote: > Hello evebody. > I get this error on linux vanilla 2.6.16 > with via_rhine module loaded when > I run mii-tool:
That was caused by a recent change that replaced an mdelay with msleep. netdev_ioctl and friends (ethtool calls, too) are known to grab a spin lock before they do much of anything, and they hang onto it until they're done. They also call mdio_read/write, which requires millisecond delays on Rhine-I. So on Rhine-I with a 2.6.15+ kernel, the driver ends up calling msleep while holding a spin lock -- hence the stack dump. I wonder if low latency for ancient Rhine-I chips is worth the trouble. Roger - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
