Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751092AbWIWGDc (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 Sep 2006 02:03:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751095AbWIWGDc (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 Sep 2006 02:03:32 -0400 Received: from py-out-1112.google.com ([64.233.166.178]:35142 "EHLO py-out-1112.google.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751092AbWIWGDb (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 Sep 2006 02:03:31 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=EWdia0/whjvODIumkGgibXwtCNXMubgWMfxikWlcsfGtfRmAtl8aoJUFcHjTHt45ULnHB6X6sfviV+T+X2V4o+J3AaeGk3IqXM6uqTQ7BPoljRfWt79nSEKk8X34lWid52HowQF9EoIFQhVE6/5bSVZYYJUHVazE1PGYHcH2aZY= Message-ID: <2c0942db0609222303o50e47156xe6af9a50ed8301c8@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 23:03:30 -0700 From: "Ray Lee" Reply-To: ray-gmail@madrabbit.org To: "Larry Finger" Subject: Re: Bcm43xx softMac Driver in 2.6.18 Cc: dbtsai@gmail.com, "John Linville" , netdev@vger.kernel.org, LKML In-Reply-To: <4513E308.10507@lwfinger.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <4513E308.10507@lwfinger.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1698 Lines: 42 On 9/22/06, Larry Finger wrote: > When we found the cause of NETDEV watchdog timeouts in the wireless-2.6 code, > I knew that the 2.6.18 release code would cause a serious regression. I don't know if this is the lockup you're trying to address, but 2.6.18's bcm43xx has definitely regressed for me versus 2.6.17.x. 2.6.18 vanilla and 2.6.18 with your patch both lock my system hard with bcm43xx. I've got an HP/Compaq nx6125 laptop. Symptoms are that it will associate fine on its own and send traffic to/fro upon ifup, but when I do an iwconfig, ifdown, ifup to change the access point, the system locks (somewhat randomly) during one of those operations. Well, the iwconfig or the ifup, actually. lspci -v: 02:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4309 802.11a/b/g (rev 03) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 12f9 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11 Memory at d0010000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K] ./bcm43xx-fwcutter -i BCMWL5.SYS filename : bcmwl5.sys version : 4.10.40.1 MD5 : 69f940672be0ecee5bd1e905706ba8ce Wireless tools are Version: 28-1ubuntu2. I've got multiple access points in view of the laptop, a g (54Mb), and a b (11Mb). Neither with encryption enabled, if that makes a difference (we live in the boonies). It's 2.6.18 + your patch, compiled for x86_64, ubuntu devel. Any suggestions or requests for tests? Ray - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/