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Subject: Re: Patch available for shared em interrupts (Re: em, bge,
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On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 10:34:25PM -0400, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> Please let Scott and I know whether or not this patch works for you
> (in addition to the information previously requested, if you have not
> already sent it).  Unfortunately it is only a workaround, but it
> points to an underlying problem with fast interrupt handlers on a
> shared irq that can be studied separately.

I'm a bit behind in mailing list traffic (700 unread in -stable,
yikes!).  I can confirm that this works around the problem for me.  It
also seems to prevent the USB controller the irq is shared with from
locking up as well.

Craig