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From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Subject: Re: bcm43xx driver unstable behaviour (and linux wireless is junk
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Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:00:47 +0200
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On Mon, 2006-09-25 at 19:58 +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:

> Doh ! Scary... locking is hard ... if the stuff was written without
> locking in mind in the first place, it might end up being a nightmare...

Yeah, I've actually suggested "rewriting" it from its own pieces :) But
Jiri says he understands it well enough now to not have to do that.

johannes