From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Subject: Re: bcm43xx driver unstable behaviour (and linux wireless is junk btw) Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 18:47:35 +1000 Message-ID: <1159087655.5924.28.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <1159065798.5924.8.camel@localhost.localdomain> <200609241005.02024.mb@bu3sch.de> <1159085579.5924.25.camel@localhost.localdomain> <200609241043.49772.mb@bu3sch.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de, Daniel Drake Return-path: Received: from gate.crashing.org ([63.228.1.57]:15813 "EHLO gate.crashing.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751797AbWIXIrq (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Sep 2006 04:47:46 -0400 To: Michael Buesch In-Reply-To: <200609241043.49772.mb@bu3sch.de> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Sun, 2006-09-24 at 10:43 +0200, Michael Buesch wrote: > On Sunday 24 September 2006 10:12, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > > > So what are the chances of getting this dscape stack merged, let's > > > > say... for 2.6.19 ? Or we'll get yet another full release with barely > > > > working wireless ? > > > > > > I don't think it's possible to happen for 2.6.19. > > > Ealiest 2.6.20 but likely one or two releases later (me thinks). > > > > Which means we'll still have nothing near decent wireless for what ... 6 > > monthes min ? > > Well. Works For Me (tm). > If there is some bug for you in current mainline, it needs to > be fixed. But I can't fix something I am not able to reproduce and > don't know what happens. Well, there is definitely an issue with softmac going nuts, possibly related to the chip stopping to transmit, I'm not certain at this point. It -seems- to be better with Larry's latest patch (the big one) so we'll see. Then, there is a problem when that happens an d your rmmod, something kicks in after the driver is gone and crashes the kernel... If I ever get into the situation where I suspect the rmmod will trigger that again, I'll try to get into a text VT first so I can capture an oops... Ben.