From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail-qy0-f193.google.com ([209.85.221.193]:50741 "EHLO mail-qy0-f193.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751568AbZGIRC4 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Jul 2009 13:02:56 -0400 Received: by qyk31 with SMTP id 31so255686qyk.33 for ; Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:02:55 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <6c354a1a0906301524m389d49a9sfd812e1ea4740ff5@mail.gmail.com> <6c354a1a0906301550g70fbd9ddkecd09fc0e98dd1ef@mail.gmail.com> <6c354a1a0907050513x3a3c91b3vb4b9de7196da1a14@mail.gmail.com> <6c354a1a0907061835g438d65daw38b08b9d55081f43@mail.gmail.com> <20090707030719.GC7199@hash.localnet> <6c354a1a0907072358u7408d865h5b32c587f63f39d@mail.gmail.com> <20090708114252.GG7199@hash.localnet> <6c354a1a0907090942o66c4e1b8ue2c952cf7ed7bf9a@mail.gmail.com> From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 10:02:34 -0700 Message-ID: <43e72e890907091002r2dd36efevbfbce06155beb7e5@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: kernel .30 BROKE ATH5K with my AR5212 atheros. To: Bob Copeland Cc: Jasin Colegrove , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Bob Copeland wrote: > On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Jasin > Colegrove wrote: >>> BTW, can you (re?)post the "Atheros AR5212 chip found (MAC xxx, >>> PHY xxxx)?" >>> >> What exact information do you want and where can I find it? > > Run 'dmesg'; a string like the above is printed out when the module > loads.  In case there was something broken specifically for your > chipset, the mac/phy versions will help narrow it down. > >> $git bisect start v2.6.30-rc4 v2.6.29 -- drivers/net net/ >> >> Is that what you where hinting at? I wasted a whole day trying to fix >> errors in drivers/staging before I was told I could just disable >> compilation of staging with one switch. Oh well... > > Yes, that's what I meant.  And it does help to have a relatively > slimmed down .config, especially when bisecting. :\ I'd add net/mac80211 and net/wireless in there as well, just to be safe. Luis