I've attached a patch.
I tried to trigger the problem with my 10 MBit ne2k-pci connection, but
without success.
Could you try it?
I've tested it with -ac17, and it applies to 2.4.2 cleanly.
-- Manfred
--- 2.4/arch/i386/kernel/process.c Thu Feb 22 22:28:52 2001 +++ build-2.4/arch/i386/kernel/process.c Thu Mar 15 20:35:12 2001 @@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ { if (current_cpu_data.hlt_works_ok && !hlt_counter) { __cli(); + if (softirq_active(smp_processor_id()) & softirq_mask(smp_processor_id())) { + __sti(); + do_softirq(); + return; + } if (!current->need_resched) safe_halt(); else
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