From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>
To: sebastien person <sebastien.person@sycomore.fr>
Cc: liste noyau linux <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: netif_start_queue
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 10:54:39 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3B24DBAF.390F3BD8@mandrakesoft.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010611160330.42083f1e.sebastien.person@sycomore.fr>
sebastien person wrote:
>
> hi,
>
> I'm trying to port a ethernet device from 2.2 to 2.4. whith the new way of
> dealing with dev->tbusy and dev->start (e.g. by using netif_startqueue for
> example) I've understand that the netif_start_queue call put a flag that
> telling
> the device isn't busy but I can't found when does the start flag is set .
>
> I've read somewhere that it is set when the open function return, but I
> haven't
> found where is the matching code.
>
> In 2.4, must we always check if the device is busy or started, or it is
> upper
> layer work ?
As you appear to be guessing, the upper layer handles the work that
'start' previously did. If you need to check if the interface is up
inside your driver, call netif_running(dev).
--
Jeff Garzik | Andre the Giant has a posse.
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2001-06-11 14:03 netif_start_queue sebastien person
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