From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: rtl8187se locks up when switching network
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:35:11 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4AFA22DF.8060907@lwfinger.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvljidrhm3.fsf-monnier+gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general@gnu.org>
On 11/10/2009 07:25 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> I've just dine a few more tests, and switching network works just fine
> if I "modprobe -r rtl8187se" and then "modprobe rth8187se" between the
> disconnect and the reconnect, but otherwise the system almost always
> hangs during the connection to the other network. The way it hangs is
> always the same: everything just freezes and 2 of the status
> leds blink. The exact moment at which the freeze takes place seems to
> vary: sometimes it's while getting the IP address, other times its
> earlier.
Do you mean that the "Caps Lock" and "num lock" LEDs are blinking? If so, that
is a kernel panic. You will be able to capture some information about that crash
by switching to the logging console (CTRL-ALT-F10) just after you initiate the
process that causes the crash.
> IIUC this driver is not under active development, but maybe someone
> knows it enough to try and fix it, or maybe there's some alternative
> driver for this card that I should try?
The vendor driver in staging is not really under active development. We are
currently writing a mainline driver that uses mac80211 from the vendor code. Of
course, it is not possible to predict when this driver will be ready.
Larry
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-11-11 2:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-11-11 1:25 rtl8187se locks up when switching network Stefan Monnier
2009-11-11 2:35 ` Larry Finger [this message]
2009-11-11 4:09 ` Stefan Monnier
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