From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Larry Finger Subject: Re: [OOPS] bcm43xx oops on 2.6.20-rc1 on x86_64 Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 08:22:35 -0600 Message-ID: <4597C7AB.60403@lwfinger.net> References: <20061230192104.GB20714@stusta.de> <4596D8DE.2030408@lwfinger.net> <20061230213245.GD20714@stusta.de> <4596EC01.3060508@lwfinger.net> <20061231134302.GJ20714@stusta.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linville@tuxdriver.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, jgarzik@pobox.com Return-path: Received: from mtiwmhc13.worldnet.att.net ([204.127.131.117]:40470 "EHLO mtiwmhc13.worldnet.att.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933182AbWLaOW1 (ORCPT ); Sun, 31 Dec 2006 09:22:27 -0500 To: Adrian Bunk In-Reply-To: <20061231134302.GJ20714@stusta.de> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Adrian Bunk wrote: > > To avoid any misunderstandings: > > This wasn't in any way meant against you personally. > > And in this case you were right, it was the same bug. > > My answer was based on experiences like one during 2.6.19-rc where we > had 4 bug reports for a regression with a patch available. And it turned > out that one of them was for a completely different regression. > > That's why I prefer to get confirmations that a user actually run into > the same issue, and not into something completely different with similar > symptoms. I certainly understood your intent and agree that confirmation is necessary. I was venting some frustration at it taking nearly 3 weeks to get a fix into the system for a bug that was caused by a change in an kernel structure that was not our doing. When Andrew posted a trial patch to fix the compilation error that resulted, I immediately responded with the two additional fixes that were needed, but they never made it into the code. Since then I have been seeing these obscure bug reports and quickly learned that if either softmac or bcm43xx WX were involved, this fix took care of the problem. Larry