> I especially do not understand what is disable_irq_nosync(dev->irq) for?
So that we can avoid locking interrupts off during processing on SMP machines.
We cannot disable_irq without a nosync because we would get deadlocks.
> Another question is what happens when Rx interrupt is generated during the
> time Tx disables interrupts. Rx interrupt status is not cleared then and
> interrupts might be not generated (edge)?
The PIC will hold the interrupt until one occurs. Even if this didnt work the
next TX timeout would recover
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