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2006-05-12Revert "[BLOCK] Fix oops on removal of SD/MMC card"Linus Torvalds
This reverts commit 56cf6504fc1c0c221b82cebc16a444b684140fb7. Both Erik Mouw and Andrew Vasquez independently pinpointed this commit as causing problems, where the slab cache for a driver is never released (most obviously causing problems when immediately re-loading that driver, resulting in a "kmem_cache_create: duplicate cache <xyz>" message, but it can also cause other trouble). James Bottomley dug into it, and reports: "OK, here's the scoop. The problem patch adds a get of driverfs_dev in add_disk(), but doesn't put it again until disk_release() (which occurs on final put_disk() of the gendisk). However, in SCSI, the driverfs_dev is the sdev_gendev. That means there's a reference held on sdev_gendev until final disk put. Unfortunately, we use the driver model driver_remove to trigger del_gendisk (which removes the gendisk from visibility and decrements the refcount), so we've introduced an unbreakable deadlock in the reference counting with this. I suggest simply reversing this patch at the moment. If Russell and Jens can tell me what they're trying to do I'll see if there's another way to do it." so hereby the patch gets reverted, waiting for a better fix. Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de> Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com> Cc: Erik Mouw <erik@harddisk-recovery.com> Cc: Andrew Vasquez <andrew.vasquez@qlogic.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-05-11Linux v2.6.17-rc4v2.6.17-rc4Linus Torvalds
2006-05-11Merge master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-armLinus Torvalds
* master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-arm: [ARM] 3508/1: Update collie defconfig [ARM] Fix thread struct allocator for SMP case [ARM] Update mach-types [ARM] Update versatile_defconfig
2006-05-11Merge master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-serialLinus Torvalds
* master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-serial: [SERIAL] 8250: add locking to console write function [SERIAL] Remove unconditional enable of TX irq for console [SERIAL] 8250: set divisor register correctly for AMD Alchemy SoC uart [SERIAL] AMD Alchemy UART: claim memory range [SERIAL] Clean up serial locking when obtaining a reference to a port
2006-05-11Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6Linus Torvalds
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: [NET_SCHED]: HFSC: fix thinko in hfsc_adjust_levels() [IPV6]: skb leakage in inet6_csk_xmit [BRIDGE]: Do sysfs registration inside rtnl. [NET]: Do sysfs registration as part of register_netdevice. [TG3]: Fix possible NULL deref in tg3_run_loopback(). [NET] linkwatch: Handle jiffies wrap-around [IRDA]: Switching to a workqueue for the SIR work [IRDA]: smsc-ircc: Minimal hotplug support. [IRDA]: Removing unused EXPORT_SYMBOLs [IRDA]: New maintainer. [NET]: Make netdev_chain a raw notifier. [IPV4]: ip_options_fragment() has no effect on fragmentation [NET]: Add missing operstates documentation.
2006-05-11Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-rc-fixes-2.6Linus Torvalds
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-rc-fixes-2.6: (25 commits) [SCSI] mptfc: race between mptfc_register_dev and mptfc_target_alloc [SCSI] lpfc 8.1.6 : Fix Data Corruption in Bus Reset Path [SCSI] mptspi: revalidate negotiation parameters after host reset and resume [SCSI] srp.h: avoid padding of structs [SCSI] ibmvscsi: fix leak when failing to send srp event [SCSI] qla2xxx: Correct eh_abort recovery logic. [SCSI] megaraid_{mm,mbox}: fix a bug in reset handler [SCSI] fusion - bug fix stack overflow in mptbase [SCSI] scsi: Add IBM 2104-DU3 to blist [SCSI] Fix DVD burning issues. [SCSI] SCSI: aic7xxx_osm_pci resource leak fix. [SCSI] - fusion - mptfc bug fix's to prevent deadlock situations [SCSI] mptfusion: bug fix's for raid components adding/deleting [SCSI] aic7xxx: ahc_pci_write_config() fix [SCSI] megaraid: unused variable [SCSI] qla2xxx: only free_irq() after request_irq() succeeds [SCSI] Overrun in drivers/scsi/sim710.c [SCSI] lpfc 8.1.5 : Change version number to 8.1.5 [SCSI] lpfc 8.1.5 : Misc small fixes [SCSI] lpfc 8.1.5 : Additional fixes to LOGO, PLOGI, and RSCN processing ...
2006-05-11[BLOCK] limit request_fn recursionJens Axboe
Don't recurse back into the driver even if the unplug threshold is met, when the driver asks for a requeue. This is both silly from a logical point of view (requeues typically happen due to driver/hardware shortage), and also dangerous since we could hit an endless request_fn -> requeue -> unplug -> request_fn loop and crash on stack overrun. Also limit blk_run_queue() to one level of recursion, similar to how blk_start_queue() works. This patch fixed a real problem with SLES10 and lpfc, and it could hit any SCSI lld that returns non-zero from it's ->queuecommand() handler. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-05-11[NET_SCHED]: HFSC: fix thinko in hfsc_adjust_levels()Patrick McHardy
When deleting the last child the level of a class should drop to zero. Noticed by Andreas Mueller <andreas@stapelspeicher.org> Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-05-11ptrace_attach: fix possible deadlock schenario with irqsLinus Torvalds
Eric Biederman points out that we can't take the task_lock while holding tasklist_lock for writing, because another CPU that holds the task lock might take an interrupt that then tries to take tasklist_lock for writing. Which would be a nasty deadlock, with one CPU spinning forever in an interrupt handler (although admittedly you need to really work at triggering it ;) Since the ptrace_attach() code is special and very unusual, just make it be extra careful, and use trylock+repeat to avoid the possible deadlock. Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru> Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-05-10Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/roland/infiniband * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/roland/infiniband: IB/mthca: FMR ioremap fix IPoIB: Free child interfaces properly IB/mthca: Fix race in reference counting IB/srp: Fix tracking of pending requests during error handling IB: Fix display of 4-bit port counters in sysfs
2006-05-10IB/mthca: FMR ioremap fixMichael S. Tsirkin
Addresses for ioremap must be calculated off of pci_resource_start; we can't directly use the bus address as seen by the HCA. Fix the code that remaps device memory for FMR access. Based on patch by Klaus Smolin. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@mellanox.co.il> Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <rolandd@cisco.com>
2006-05-10Merge branch 'upstream' of ↵Linus Torvalds
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shemminger/netdev-2.6 * 'upstream' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shemminger/netdev-2.6: sis900: phy for FoxCon motherboard dl2k: use DMA_48BIT_MASK constant phy: mdiobus_register(): initialize all phy_map entries sky2: ifdown kills irq mask
2006-05-10sis900: phy for FoxCon motherboardJames Cameron
661FX7MI-S motherboard which uses the SiS 661FX chipset. The patch adds an entry to mii_chip_info for the transceiver. The PHY ids were found using the sis900_c_122.diff patch from http://brownhat.org/sis900.html but that patch didn't solve the problem, because the PHY at address 1 was already being chosen. Without my patch, when bursts of packets arrive from other hosts on a LAN, the interface dropped one roughly 10% of the time, causing retransmits. There were fifth second pauses in refresh of large xterms, and it made Netrek suck. I can provide further test data. Workaround in lieu of patch is to use mii-tool to advertise 100baseTx-HD, then force renegotiation. I wasn't able to identify the actual transceiver, so the description field is a guess. This patch is similar to Artur Skawina's patch: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-netdev&m=114297516729079&w=2 I'm not sure, but I wonder if it means the default behaviour should be changed, so as to better handle future transceivers. Diff is against 2.6.16.13. Signed-off-by: James Cameron <james.cameron@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
2006-05-10dl2k: use DMA_48BIT_MASK constantFrancois Romieu
Typo will be harder with this one. Signed-off-by: Francois Romieu <romieu@fr.zoreil.com> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
2006-05-10phy: mdiobus_register(): initialize all phy_map entriesHerbert Valerio Riedel
make sure phy_map entries whose PHY address is masked are initialized to NULL, given that other code (such as mdiobus_unregister for instance) assumes that non-NULL phy_map entries are allocated phy_devices Signed-off-by: Herbert Valerio Riedel <hvr@gnu.org> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
2006-05-10sky2: ifdown kills irq maskStephen Hemminger
Bringing down a port also masks off the status and other IRQ's needed for device to function due to missing paren's. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
2006-05-10[Cardman 40x0] Fix udev device creationHarald Welte
This patch corrects the order of the calls to register_chrdev() and pcmcia_register_driver(). Now udev correctly creates userspace device files /dev/cmmN and /dev/cmxN respectively. Based on an earlier patch by Jan Niehusmann <jan@gondor.com>. Signed-off-by: Harald Welte <laforge@netfilter.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-05-10[IPV6]: skb leakage in inet6_csk_xmitAlexey Kuznetsov
inet6_csk_xit does not free skb when routing fails. Signed-off-by: Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-05-10[BRIDGE]: Do sysfs registration inside rtnl.Stephen Hemminger
Now that netdevice sysfs registration is done as part of register_netdevice; bridge code no longer has to be tricky when adding it's kobjects to bridges. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-05-10[NET]: Do sysfs registration as part of register_netdevice.Stephen Hemminger
The last step of netdevice registration was being done by a delayed call, but because it was delayed, it was impossible to return any error code if the class_device registration failed. Side effects: * one state in registration process is unnecessary. * register_netdevice can sleep inside class_device registration/hotplug * code in netdev_run_todo only does unregistration so it is simpler. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-05-10[SCSI] mptfc: race between mptfc_register_dev and mptfc_target_allocmdr@sgi.com
A race condition exists in mptfc between the thread registering a device with the fc transport and the scan work generated by the transport. This race existed prior to the application of the mptfc bug fix patch. mptfc_register_dev() calls fc_remote_port_add() with the FC_RPORT_ROLE_TARGET bit set in the rport ids passed to the function. Having this bit set causes fc_remote_port_add() to schedule a scan of the device. This scan can execute before mptfc_register_dev() can fill in the dd_data in the rport structure. When this happens, mptfc_target_alloc() will fail because dd_data is null. Attached is a patch which fixes the problem. The patch changes the rport ids passed to fc_remote_port_add() to not have the TARGET bit set. This prevents the scan from being scheduled. After mptfc_register_dev() fills in the rport dd_data field, fc_remote_port_rolechg() is called, changing the role of the rport to TARGET. Thus, the scan is scheduled after dd_data is filled in which prevents the failure in mptfc_target_alloc(). Signed-off-by: Michael Reed <mdr@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Moore <Eric.Moore@lsil.com> Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>
2006-05-09[TG3]: Fix possible NULL deref in tg3_run_loopback().Jesper Juhl
tg3_run_loopback doesn't check that dev_alloc_skb() returns anything useful. Even if dev_alloc_skb() fails to return an skb to us we'll happily go on and assume it did, so we risk dereferencing a NULL pointer. Much better to fail gracefully by returning -ENOMEM than crashing here. Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-05-09IPoIB: Free child interfaces properlyRoland Dreier
When deleting a child interface with a non-default P_Key via /sys/class/net/ibX/delete_child, the interface must be freed with free_netdev() (rather than kfree() on the private data). Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <rolandd@cisco.com>
2006-05-09[NET] linkwatch: Handle jiffies wrap-aroundHerbert Xu
The test used in the linkwatch does not handle wrap-arounds correctly. Since the intention of the code is to eliminate bursts of messages we can afford to delay things up to a second. Using that fact we can easily handle wrap-arounds by making sure that we don't delay things by more than one second. This is based on diagnosis and a patch by Stefan Rompf. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Acked-by: Stefan Rompf <stefan@loplof.de> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-05-09[IRDA]: Switching to a workqueue for the SIR workChristoph Hellwig
Since sir_kthread.c pretty much duplicates the workqueue functionality, we'd better switch. The SIR fsm has been merged into sir_dev.c and thus sir_kthread.c is deleted. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Samuel Ortiz <samuel.ortiz@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-05-09[IRDA]: smsc-ircc: Minimal hotplug support.David Brownell
Minimal PNP hotplug support for the smsc-ircc2 driver. A modular driver will be modprobed via hotplug, but still bypasses driver model probing. Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: Samuel Ortiz <samuel.ortiz@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-05-09[IRDA]: Removing unused EXPORT_SYMBOLsAdrian Bunk
This patch removes the following unused EXPORT_SYMBOL's: - irias_find_attrib - irias_new_string_value - irias_new_octseq_value Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Samuel Ortiz <samuel.ortiz@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-05-09[IRDA]: New maintainer.Samuel Ortiz
As agreed with Jean Tourrilhes, I am taking over IrDA maintainership. Signed-off-by: Samuel Ortiz <samuel.ortiz@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-05-09[NET]: Make netdev_chain a raw notifier.Alan Stern
From: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> This chain does it's own locking via the RTNL semaphore, and can also run recursively so adding a new mutex here was causing deadlocks. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-05-09[IPV4]: ip_options_fragment() has no effect on fragmentationWei Yongjun
Fix error point to options in ip_options_fragment(). optptr get a error pointer to the ipv4 header, correct is pointer to ipv4 options. Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <weiyj@soft.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-05-09[NET]: Add missing operstates documentation.Stefan Rompf
Signed-off-by: Stefan Rompf <stefan@loplof.de> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-05-09[ARM] 3508/1: Update collie defconfigPavel Machek
Patch from Pavel Machek Update collie defconfig to something that can bring closer-to-working system to its user. Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2006-05-09[ARM] Fix thread struct allocator for SMP caseRussell King
The ARM thread struct allocator is racy on SMP systems. Fix it by turning it into a per-cpu based allocator. This also allows keeps the cache cache warm for thread structs and kernel stacks. Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2006-05-09IB/mthca: Fix race in reference countingRoland Dreier
Fix races in in destroying various objects. If a destroy routine waits for an object to become free by doing wait_event(&obj->wait, !atomic_read(&obj->refcount)); /* now clean up and destroy the object */ and another place drops a reference to the object by doing if (atomic_dec_and_test(&obj->refcount)) wake_up(&obj->wait); then this is susceptible to a race where the wait_event() and final freeing of the object occur between the atomic_dec_and_test() and the wake_up(). And this is a use-after-free, since wake_up() will be called on part of the already-freed object. Fix this in mthca by replacing the atomic_t refcounts with plain old integers protected by a spinlock. This makes it possible to do the decrement of the reference count and the wake_up() so that it appears as a single atomic operation to the code waiting on the wait queue. While touching this code, also simplify mthca_cq_clean(): the CQ being cleaned cannot go away, because it still has a QP attached to it. So there's no reason to be paranoid and look up the CQ by number; it's perfectly safe to use the pointer that the callers already have. Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <rolandd@cisco.com>
2006-05-09IB/srp: Fix tracking of pending requests during error handlingRoland Dreier
If a SCSI abort completes, or the command completes successfully, then the driver must remove the command from its queue of pending commands. Similarly, if a device reset succeeds, then all commands queued for the given device must be removed from the queue. Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <rolandd@cisco.com>
2006-05-09IB: Fix display of 4-bit port counters in sysfsRalph Campbell
The code to display local_link_integrity_errors and excessive_buffer_overrun_errors in /sys/class/infiniband/<hca>/ports/<n>/counters/ uses the wrong shift to extract the 4 bit values. Signed-off-by: Ralph Campbell <ralph.campbell@qlogic.com> Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <rolandd@cisco.com>
2006-05-09Merge branch 'upstream' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shemminger/netdev-2.6 * 'upstream' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shemminger/netdev-2.6: [PATCH] bcm43xx: Fix access to non-existent PHY registers [PATCH] bcm43xx: Fix array overrun in bcm43xx_geo_init [PATCH] bcm43xx: check for valid MAC address in SPROM [PATCH] ieee80211: Fix A band channel count (resent) [PATCH] bcm43xx: fix iwmode crash when down [PATCH] softmac: make non-operational after being stopped [PATCH] softmac: don't reassociate if user asked for deauthentication spidernet: enable support for bcm5461 ethernet phy spidernet: introduce new setting Fix RTL8019AS init for Toshiba RBTX49xx boards au1000_eth.c: use ether_crc() from <linux/crc32.h> sky2: version 1.3 Add more support for the Yukon Ultra chip found in dual core centino laptops. sky2: synchronize irq on remove sky2: dont write status ring sky2: edge triggered workaround enhancement sky2: use mask instead of modulo operation sky2: tx ring index mask fix sky2: status irq hang fix sky2: backout NAPI reschedule
2006-05-09[PATCH] ppc32/8xx: Fix r3 trashing due to 8MB TLB page instantiationMarcelo Tosatti
Instantiation of 8MB pages on the TLB cache for the kernel static mapping trashes r3 register on !CONFIG_8xx_CPU6 configurations. This ensures r3 gets saved and restored. Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo@kvack.org> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2006-05-09powerpc/32: Define an is_kernel_addr() to fix ARCH=ppc compilationPaul Mackerras
My commit 6bfd93c32a5065d0e858780b3beb0b667081601c broke the ARCH=ppc compilation by using the is_kernel_addr() macro in asm/uaccess.h. This fixes it by defining a suitable is_kernel_addr() for ARCH=ppc. Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2006-05-08Merge git://oss.sgi.com:8090/xfs-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://oss.sgi.com:8090/xfs-2.6: [XFS] Fix a possible metadata buffer (AGFL) refcount leak when fixing an [XFS] Fix a project quota space accounting leak on rename. [XFS] Fix a possible forced shutdown due to mishandling write barriers
2006-05-08Merge branch 'upstream-fixes' of ↵Stephen Hemminger
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6
2006-05-08spidernet: enable support for bcm5461 ethernet phyJens Osterkamp
A newer board revision changed the type of ethernet phy. Moreover, this generalizes the way that a phy gets switched into fiber mode when autodetection is not available. Signed-off-by: Jens Osterkamp <Jens.Osterkamp@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd.bergmann@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
2006-05-08spidernet: introduce new settingJens Osterkamp
We found a new chip setting that we need in order to make the driver work more reliable. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd.bergmann@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
2006-05-08Fix RTL8019AS init for Toshiba RBTX49xx boardsSergei Shtylyov
Ensure that 8-bit mode is selected for the on-board Realtek RTL8019AS chip on Toshiba RBHMA4x00, get rid of the duplicate #ifdef's when setting ei_status.word16. The chip's datasheet says that the PSTOP register shouldn't exceed 0x60 in 8-bit mode -- ensure this too. Signed-off-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@ru.mvista.com> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
2006-05-08au1000_eth.c: use ether_crc() from <linux/crc32.h>Herbert Valerio Riedel
since the au1000 driver already selects the CRC32 routines, simply replace the internal ether_crc() implementation with the semantically equivalent one from <linux/crc32.h> Signed-off-by: Herbert Valerio Riedel <hvr@gnu.org> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
2006-05-08sky2: version 1.3Stephen Hemminger
Update version number, to track changes. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
2006-05-08Add more support for the Yukon Ultra chip found in dual core centino laptops.Stephen Hemminger
The newest Yukon Ultra chipset's require more special tweaks. They seem to be like the Yukon XL chipsets. This code is transliterated from the latest SysKonnect driver; I don't have any Ultra hardware. Signed-off-by: Stephe Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
2006-05-08sky2: synchronize irq on removeStephen Hemminger
Need to make sure interrupt is not racing with unregister of network device. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
2006-05-08sky2: dont write status ringStephen Hemminger
It is more efficient not to write the status ring from the processor and just read the active portion. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
2006-05-08sky2: edge triggered workaround enhancementStephen Hemminger
Need to make the edge-triggered workaround timer faster to get marginally better peformance. The test_and_set_bit in schedule_prep() acts as a barrier already. Make it a module parameter so that laptops who are concerned about power can set it to 0; and user's stuck with broken BIOS's can turn the driver into pure polling. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>