Re: [PATCH] devexit fixes in i82092.c
Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sat, 16 Mar 2002 21:00:09 +0000 (GMT)
> 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.
Alan
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