From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Larry Finger Subject: Re: RFC/T: Possible fix for bcm43xx periodic work bug Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 08:36:36 -0500 Message-ID: <450171E4.8070901@lwfinger.net> References: <45006221.4090603@lwfinger.net> <20060908094204.GB26916@harddisk-recovery.com> <200609081145.28095.mb@bu3sch.de> <20060908132317.GS26916@harddisk-recovery.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, John Linville , Bcm43xx-dev-0fE9KPoRgkgATYTw5x5z8w@public.gmane.org, Michael Buesch , Stefano Brivio Return-path: To: Erik Mouw In-Reply-To: <20060908132317.GS26916-7jKlSzr1t1+rFW3l5+5NieqUGfbH9hYC@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 Erik Mouw wrote: > On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 11:45:27AM +0200, Michael Buesch wrote: >> The crash is fixed in wireless-2.6. >> The actual cause of the controller restart not. So at least it >> does not crash anymore. > > Thanks for the information, pulled wireless-2.6 and recompiling kernel. > If this really fixes the problem, can we try to get it merged before > 2.6.18 closes? I don't know if vanilla 2.6.18-rc6 locks up on other > hardware as well, but if it does it would be a major regression against > 2.6.17. I'm trying. At the moment, I'm testing a patch against 2.6.18-rc6. Once it works here, I'll be putting it out for testing. Larry