On 2013-10-07 11:10, Hidde Verstoep (E2M) wrote: > On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 8:34 AM, Jan Kiszka <jan.kis...@web.de> wrote: >> On 2013-10-03 11:16, Hidde Verstoep (E2M) wrote: >>> Hello Sam, >>> >>> I recently posted a version of the driver I ported from a more recent >>> Linux driver. You can just drop it over the old file and it should >>> work. http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=31389885. >> >> I just had a quick look at the code: Unfortunately, it still contains >> some bugs like calling Linux services while holding RTDM locks >> (__rtl8169_check_link_status and rtl8169_phy_timer, at least). Maybe you >> check again (take a look at existing drivers for solution patterns) and >> post it here as a patch. > > The timer is only used when the interface is going up, going down, or > the speed is changed. All these things are not time critical (in my > opinion). So I believe the driver can be used as-is in a realtime > environment, or do these Linux functions prevent the driver from > running in primary mode?
These bugs can cause sporadic misbehavior or even crashes during startup/shutdown, network reconfiguration etc., so this is a matter of robustness. > > I agree it would be nice if it would be fixed properly. However, it > might be a while before I get around to it. OK. Who knows, maybe someone else interested in the driver as well will pick earlier. Jan
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