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wpaul dbd332b25b Attempt to fix a problem with receiving packets on USB ethernet interfaces.
Packets are received inside USB bulk transfer callbacks, which run at
splusb() (actually splbio()). The packet input queues are meant to be
manipulated at splimp(). However the locking apparently breaks down under
certain circumstances and the input queues can get trampled.

There's a similar problem with if_ppp, which is driven by hardware/tty
interrupts from the serial driver, but which must also manipulate the
packet input queues at splimp(). The fix there is to use a netisr, and
that's the fix I used here. (I can hear you groaning back there. Hush up.)

The usb_ethersubr module maintains a single queue of its own. When a
packet is received in the USB callback routine, it's placed on this
queue with usb_ether_input(). This routine also schedules a soft net
interrupt with schednetisr(). The ISR routine then runs later, at
splnet, outside of the USB callback/interrupt context, and passes the
packet to ether_input(), hopefully in a safe manner.

The reason this is implemented as a separate module is that there are
a limited number of NETISRs that we can use, and snarfing one up for
each driver that needs it is wasteful (there will be three once I get
the CATC driver done). It also reduces code duplication to a certain
small extent. Unfortunately, it also needs to be linked in with the
usb.ko module in order for the USB ethernet drivers to share it.

Also removed some uneeded includes from if_aue.c and if_kue.c

Fix suggested by: peter
Not rejected as a hairbrained idea by: n_hibma
2000-01-10 23:12:54 +00:00
bin Add `.Nm red' to NAME section. 2000-01-10 12:20:30 +00:00
contrib 10 X's in mkstemp(). 2000-01-10 09:17:46 +00:00
crypto Zap NO_IDEA 2000-01-10 06:28:04 +00:00
etc Add an entry for dhclient and the USB ethernet adapters. 2000-01-10 22:34:36 +00:00
games Backout rev1.7, as it broke adventure(6) (const'ing a non-r/o variable). 1999-12-25 03:50:42 +00:00
gnu Install contents of the TESTS subdirectory to /usr/share/examples/libdialog 2000-01-10 12:04:18 +00:00
include Make sched_param parameter a const to comply with POSIX and SUSv2 specs. 2000-01-10 04:14:08 +00:00
kerberos5
kerberosIV Update for KTH Kerberos (eBones) v1.0 2000-01-09 08:59:39 +00:00
lib Install html files to /usr/share/doc/ncurses/ 2000-01-10 12:12:51 +00:00
libexec Revamp the mechanism for enumerating and calling shared objects' 2000-01-09 21:13:48 +00:00
release Use GENERIC for both pccard and non-pccard disks now that GENERIC is 2000-01-10 16:27:32 +00:00
sbin Fix the use of an uninitialized variable in the previous commit. 2000-01-10 14:20:53 +00:00
secure Really really remove SHA-1 support. 2000-01-09 21:22:48 +00:00
share Removed NOEXTRADEPEND hack. This was only for an old version of makeworld. 2000-01-09 15:40:32 +00:00
sys Attempt to fix a problem with receiving packets on USB ethernet interfaces. 2000-01-10 23:12:54 +00:00
tools Don't use -C internally. Use -c. For some reason files are not copied 1999-12-15 18:08:56 +00:00
usr.bin malloc more space for temp file name 2000-01-10 20:26:24 +00:00
usr.sbin Don't fail if less then MAXDEV /dev/usb\d+ entries exist. 2000-01-10 22:35:33 +00:00
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Makefile Add the buildkernel and installkernel targets. 2000-01-09 18:17:48 +00:00
Makefile.inc1 Add a buildkernel and an installkernel target. With these targets 2000-01-09 17:56:40 +00:00
Makefile.upgrade
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