[parisc-linux] Tulip bug "resolution"

[Paul Bame]

Some may remember I put a hack in drivers/net/tulip/interrupt.c to
avoid a null pointer deref caused by a data structure being referenced
before being allocated.  I've only seen this on B180 I think.  I posted
my patch to the sourceforge tulip project and received the following
reply.  I don't know enough about the network driver stuff and our
changes to it to figure out what to do next.  Maybe this bug has
magically disappeared but I bet not.

	-P

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To: bame@puffin.external.hp.com, jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com
Subject: [Patch #103298] [Bug #124918] packet received prior to buffer allocation cr
Message-Id: <E14LCCc-0008AO-00@usw-sf-web2.sourceforge.net>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 14:46:14 -0800

Patch #103298 has been updated. 

Project: tulip
Category: Bug fix
Status: Open
Submitted by: paulbame
Assigned to : jgarzik
Summary: [Bug #124918] packet received prior to buffer allocation cr

Follow-Ups:

Date: 2001-Jan-23 14:46
By: nobody

Comment:
bogus patch -- the Tulip receiver is started up after the skbuffs are
allocated. This user must have broken hardware.
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For more info, visit:

http://sourceforge.net/patch/?func=detailpatch&patch_id=103298&group_id=13004


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