Re: Linux-2.1.109.. preliminary code freeze.

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sat, 18 Jul 1998 20:16:59 +0100 (BST)

> unsigned long dev_flags;
> #define NETDEV_START 0
> #define NETDEV_TBUSY 1
> #define NETDEV_INTERRUPT 2
> ...
>
> (right now "start" is still a 'char' in my tree, and that's technically
> wrong too).

Ok - post 2.2 this needs major surgery. There is a fundamental deadlock
bug in the existing ethernet timeout that requires surgery to every driver
early in 2.3 so its a good candidate to do it then

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