Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 13:43:47 -0800
From: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
To: Dave Hansen <dave@sr71.net>
Cc: "John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>,
        Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>,
        Brett Rudley <brudley@broadcom.com>,
        Henry Ptasinski <henryp@broadcom.com>, Nohee Ko <noheek@broadcom.com>,
        Jason Cooper <jason@lakedaemon.net>,
        Mike Rapoport <mike.rapoport@gmail.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>,
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        devel@driverdev.osuosl.org,
        "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: brcm80211 hangs when disabling wireless
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On Thu, Dec 09, 2010 at 01:26:50PM -0800, Dave Hansen wrote:
> I've been getting hard hangs when I toggle the wireless on a Lenovo
> S10-3.  It happens both with the physical switch and the Fn-F5 key
> combo.  It's quite repeatable.  The system is quite stable when I'm not
> trying to disable the wireless, though.

What kernel version is this?

Linus's latest tree has a known bug when the wireless is suspended and
then resumed.  Broadcom is working on it but no patch is forthcoming
yet.  Perhaps this is the same issue.

thanks,

greg k-h
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