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Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2007 20:04:09 +0200 (CEST)
From: Christian Kujau <lists@nerdbynature.de>
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Subject: Re: RTNL: assertion failed at net/core/dev.c
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On Sun, 2 Sep 2007, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> Vendor module calls kernel api incorrectly. dev_set_promiscuity requires
> that the calling thread hold rtnl mutex (ie call rtnl_lock). It's their bug,
> netdev doesn't want to hear about it.

OK, that's all I needed to know. Thank you both for your comments!

Christian.
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