From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: yhager at yhager.com Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:59:52 -0700 Subject: System freezes with 2.6.33 In-Reply-To: <4BD0858D.7080903@lwfinger.net> References: <20100418071932.GB15229@happy.exit> <4BCB3071.8030500@lwfinger.net> <20100420143358.GA1990@happy.exit> <20100420155140.14443.qmail@stuge.se> <20100420180704.74972858@Mobile-Workstation.localdomain> <20100420162751.25907.qmail@stuge.se> <4BCDDF5C.2040901@lwfinger.net> <20100422161231.GA1941@happy.exit> <4BD0858D.7080903@lwfinger.net> Message-ID: <20100422185951.GA14078@happy.sfsu.edu> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: b43-dev@lists.infradead.org On 12:21 Thu 22 Apr , Larry Finger wrote: > On 04/22/2010 11:12 AM, yhager at yhager.com wrote: > > I have tested the same kernel, with CONFIG_B43_FORCE_PIO=y. The > > results are mostly the same. Full system freeze. Turning the radio off > > avoids the freeze. Turning the radio on would not immediately freeze - > > only when I tried to connect to a wireless network it did. > > I also enabled CONFIG_B43_DEBUG, but no messages on the console that > > would testify a problem. > > Is it possible for you to test with another mac80211-based wireless > device? I cannot think of any possibility for the system to lock up when > b43 is using PIO. No, sorry, I don't have another device. > > When the freeze occurs, how long do you leave it? There are some CPU > lockups that take as many as 2 minutes to be recognized by the kernel. > I haven't waited that long. I will test again when I have the chance. > In Archlinux, how difficult is it to incorporate source from an external > tree and build the kernel? > Not difficult at all. --y