Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 6 Apr 2004 17:30:13 +0200 | From | Stelian Pop <> | Subject | Re: [Kgdb-bugreport] [KGDB] Make kgdb get in sync with it's I/O drivers for the breakpoint |
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On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 07:57:41AM -0700, Tom Rini wrote:
> > Maybe this could be done in a more kgdb-independent way in the > > netpoll layer. There is already some code there who waits for > > the carrier on a net card. Maybe this could be extended to also > > wait for the network card to appear... > > I was thinking about that as well. But what I'm guessing happens now is > that netpoll_setup(&np) fails causing us init_kgdboe to fail.
Yup.
> If we're > going to queue up the signal and wait for an eth0, what would it return > to let us known it'll be ready 'someday' ?
What about adding a void (*netpoll_up)(struct netpoll *) callback into the netpoll struct ?
Using this, netpoll_setup() would return immediately, doing its job in background, and will signal the caller using the 'netpoll_up' function when the card is ready to go...
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