Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] devexit fixes in i82092.c | From | (Eric W. Biederman) | Date | 16 Mar 2002 15:03:26 -0700 |
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Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> writes:
> > Please for the Linux booting Linux scenario it is mandatory we get this right > > for reboot. I know for a fact that currently we leave active receive buffers > on > > > network cards when we reboot. (If you haven't downed the interface). So it > > is possible for a network packet to come in and hose a machine that is > rebooting. > > > Thats a bios bug. Its pretty much the whole reason for having bus master > enable bits in the PCI configuration. The BIOS should have killed the bus > masters.
In the general reboot case yes it is a BIOS bug. In the general Linux booting Linux case there is no BIOS involved.
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