From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754915AbYIVW2I (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:28:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753176AbYIVW1u (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:27:50 -0400 Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:51247 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753018AbYIVW1t (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:27:49 -0400 Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:27:16 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: Ivo van Doorn Cc: David Miller , andrea_monta@inwind.it, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org Subject: Re: OOPS bug KERNEL LINUX- Version 2.6.26 Message-ID: <20080922222716.GI3660@tuxdriver.com> References: <20080922.151635.200306286.davem@davemloft.net> <200809230025.03680.IvDoorn@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200809230025.03680.IvDoorn@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 12:25:03AM +0200, Ivo van Doorn wrote: > Hi, > > > > 1. Problem with usb-wireless-key > > > 2. I can't find my device typing ifconfig -a or iwconfig I don't find any wireless attached device. But I have my usb wireless connected. A belkin usb wireless key.Before, with the kernel 2.6.25 all worked well > > > 3. nothing > > > 4. Linux version 2.6.26 (root@clementino) (gcc version 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)) #1 PREEMPT Mon Sep 22 15:57:45 CEST 2008 > > > 5. > > You missed the message from rt2x00 2 lines above this trace, which undoubtly have said something like: > "Invalid RT chipset detected." > which is triggered when rt73usb is loaded for a device it does not support > > The current workaround for this issue is blacklisting rt73usb and making sure the driver > which is required for your driver is loaded instead. > > I'll look into the reason why this actually triggers a NULL pointer, since that is obviously a nasty bug. -stable needs a patch similar to the one here: http://people.redhat.com/linville/kernels/rhel5/patches/jwltest-rt2x00lib-probe-fail.patch John -- John W. Linville Linux should be at the core linville@tuxdriver.com of your literate lifestyle.