From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from ra.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.52]:3727 "EHLO ra.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752543AbYA1SdL (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:33:11 -0500 Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:06:12 -0500 From: "John W. Linville" To: Larry Finger Cc: wireless , Johannes Berg , Stefano Brivio Subject: Re: Advice regarding mac80211 bug Message-ID: <20080128180612.GE5835@tuxdriver.com> (sfid-20080128_183316_316583_1C1A3B2A) References: <479A858F.9030601@lwfinger.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <479A858F.9030601@lwfinger.net> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 05:57:51PM -0700, Larry Finger wrote: > Now that 2.6.24 has been released, this bug will be propagating into mainline in 2.6.25-rcX and many > more systems may crash as a result. My question is as follows: Should I submit the band-aid patch > now while still looking for a better solution, or wait? Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. I think you handled it fine. John -- John W. Linville linville@tuxdriver.com