[Click] dev_queue_xmit vs. hard_start_xmit

[Roman Chertov]

Ricard,

Do you have the stack trace of the kernel panic?

Roman

On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:58:00 +0100 Ricard Vilalta <ricard.vilalta at cttc.es> wrote

> Hi all,
> I am not a linux kernel guru and I would like your support. I have
> lately been working with Myricom NIC's (using linux kernel module
> myri10ge) and it was impossible to forward paquets from another ethernet
> interface to the myricom interface. This leaded to kernel panic. I have
> been trying several solutions and the only one which seems to be working
> is using dev_queue_xmit instead of hard_start_xmit on todevice. I am
> using patchless click with linux kernel 2.6.32-35.
> 
> I have fully tested the change and seems to work for me. What do you
> think of this change? May it lead to another type of errors or
> unexpected behaviors?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Best regards,
> Ricard
> 
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