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Re: redboot exec problem and possible fix


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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