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Re: redboot exec problem and possible fix
- From: "Gary D. Thomas" <gary dot thomas at mind dot be>
- To: Mark Salter <msalter at redhat dot com>
- Cc: eCos Discussion <ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: 11 Mar 2003 08:18:26 -0700
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] redboot exec problem and possible fix
- References: <20030311151357.8271B7884D@deneb.localdomain>
On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 08:13, Mark Salter wrote:
> I have encountered a situation where the RedBoot ethernet driver was
> interfering with a linux kernel. After calling exec, RedBoot starts
> the linux kernel. While the kernel is early in the boot process, a
> packet comes in over ethernet and the ethernet controller (i82559)
> would DMA the packet into what it thinks is the RedBoot driver ring
> buffer. Actually, its a linux code page and bad things happen from
> that point. :)
>
> The following patch fixes the problem. Does this look like the right
> way to fix this?
>
It seems reasonable to me, go ahead with it.
I'll bet this one was "fun" to find :-)
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