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Re: wm0 stopped receiving after mpt0 timeout recovery



ef%math.uni-bonn.de@localhost (Edgar =?iso-8859-1?B?RnXf?=) writes:

>Yes: There was a timeout on mpt0, which was recovered (which essentially means 
>entering the interrupt handler despite no interrut occured), and immediately 
>after that, wm0 seems to have ceased to receive anything. It transmits fine 
>(as far as you get without receiving).

wm0 seem to fail permanently whenever it's interrupts aren't serviced
for some time.

The mpt recovery code (like e.g. the wd recovery code) can keep the machine
on a high level interrupt level for some time, locking out wm interrupts.

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