Re: [FIX] 8390.c broken in 2.3.43+

[Alan Cox]

> With the new networking changes, a bad assumption about the xcvr will not
> lead one into that "sanity-checking" timeout loop, since 
> "test_bit(LINK_STATE_XOFF, &dev->state)" happily stays at 0 and that code
> is never executed.  Explicitly setting the xcvr to 1 as a module option
> was the fix!  And while at it, one may as well set the "io=" option
> explicitly as well... :)

You found a bug in the 3c503 driver yes. The softnet stuff has broken the
transceiver changing stuff