[PATCH] Add note to MOTLoad-equipped BSPs' READMEs that a "waitProbe", "netShut" must be performed before RTEMS boot

[Gedare Bloom]

Committed. thanks

On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 10:37 PM, Nick Withers <nick.withers at anu.edu.au> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> The attached patch adds a "WARNING" note to MOTLoad-equipped BSPs'
> READMEs [1] that a "waitProbe", "netShut" must be performed before RTEMS
> boot.
>
> If this isn't done, MOTLoad's installed interrupt handlers for network
> interfaces will continue to be triggered and cause memory corruption.
> The "waitProbe" will add a delay to ensure that devices have been
> detected; otherwise the "netShut" may be performed before all the
> interfaces are detected and there's a race between their detection +
> interrupt handler installation and the user-image boot.
>
> I've already added a note to the same effect to these boards' Wiki
> pages.
>
> Thanks to Sebastian Huber for helping me correct an earlier
> mis-diagnosis of the issue and Till Straumann for checking it.
>
> If there're no objections I'd like to send out a message to rtems-users@
> pointing to the warnings once they're committed...?
>
> [1] I modified those for the Beatnik, MVME3100 and MVME5500 BSPs. Did I
> miss any?
> --
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