2006-08-15 13:17:51

by Reiner Herrmann

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Subject: 2.6.18-rc4: freeze with wistron_btns driver

After loading the wistron_btns driver in 2.6.18-rc4 and pressing some buttons
that become enabled by this driver, the kernel suddenly freezes.

The reason seems to be git-commit c7948989f84ee6e9c68cc643f8c6a635eb7a904b.
After reversing this patch everything is running fine, except that there
are again the 'section reference mismath' warnings that have been fixed
by the commit.


2006-08-15 14:11:52

by Andrew Morton

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Subject: Re: 2.6.18-rc4: freeze with wistron_btns driver

On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:17:57 +0200
Reiner Herrmann <[email protected]> wrote:

> After loading the wistron_btns driver in 2.6.18-rc4 and pressing some buttons
> that become enabled by this driver, the kernel suddenly freezes.
>
> The reason seems to be git-commit c7948989f84ee6e9c68cc643f8c6a635eb7a904b.
> After reversing this patch everything is running fine, except that there
> are again the 'section reference mismath' warnings that have been fixed
> by the commit.

erp. Pretty much the whole thing needs reverting because global variable
`keymap' ends up pointing at one of those tables.