Linus wrote:
> Does this seem to happen mainly with drivers that use "disable_irq()" 
> and "enable_irq()"? I know the ne drivers do (through the 8390 module), 
> and some others do too (3c59x). 

I removed the disable_irq lines from 8390.c, and that fixed the problem:
no hang within 2 minutes - the test is still running.

Frank, could you double check it?

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	Manfred