From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Larry Finger Subject: Re: [PATCH] bcm43xx-d80211: Init, shutdown and restart fixes Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 10:40:12 -0500 Message-ID: <44E1EADC.4030503@lwfinger.net> References: <200608142132.25398.mb@bu3sch.de> <44E1E6E6.9000804@lwfinger.net> <200608151730.26255.mb@bu3sch.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, Johannes Berg , bcm43xx-dev-0fE9KPoRgkgATYTw5x5z8w@public.gmane.org Return-path: To: Michael Buesch In-Reply-To: <200608151730.26255.mb-fseUSCV1ubazQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: bcm43xx-dev-bounces-0fE9KPoRgkgATYTw5x5z8w@public.gmane.org Errors-To: bcm43xx-dev-bounces-0fE9KPoRgkgATYTw5x5z8w@public.gmane.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Michael Buesch wrote: > On Tuesday 15 August 2006 17:23, Larry Finger wrote: >> Michael, >> >> Michael Buesch wrote: >>> Hi John, >>> >>> Please apply this to wireless-dev. >>> >>> -- >>> >>> This fixes various bugs in the init and shutdown code >>> that would lead to lockups and crashes. >>> This is best reproducable by receiving a timeout from >>> the netdev watchdog. >> Is a similar bug likely to be the cause of the netdev watchdog timeouts in >> bcm43xx-softmac? If so, will there be a patch for wireless-2.6? > > I don't know why the _timeouts_ itself happen, but maybe the > lockup and crash bugs are in bcm43xx-softmac, too. > I think it should be actually trivial to port this to bcm43xx-softmac. > Care to do this, Larry? I'll take a stab at it. Larry