From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ivo van Doorn Subject: Re: OOPS bug KERNEL LINUX- Version 2.6.26 Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:04:31 +0200 Message-ID: <200809230904.31382.IvDoorn@gmail.com> References: <200809230032.37255.IvDoorn@gmail.com> <20080922234649.GA26219@tuxdriver.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: David Miller , andrea_monta@inwind.it, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org To: "John W. Linville" Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20080922234649.GA26219@tuxdriver.com> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Tuesday 23 September 2008, John W. Linville wrote: > On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 12:32:36AM +0200, Ivo van Doorn wrote: > > On Tuesday 23 September 2008, John W. Linville wrote: > > > 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 > > > > Ah yes, that would be a good one. > > I kind of assumed it was already merged, and hadn't actually verified that yet. ;) > > Well the code in 2.6.27 is different, this patch is no longer necessary > (and doesn't apply). Yeah, but it was send to stable@kernel.org as merge request for 2.6.26 stable only. :) Ivo