Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753014Ab1CGH4k (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Mar 2011 02:56:40 -0500 Received: from mms1.broadcom.com ([216.31.210.17]:2303 "EHLO mms1.broadcom.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750972Ab1CGH4j (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Mar 2011 02:56:39 -0500 X-Server-Uuid: 02CED230-5797-4B57-9875-D5D2FEE4708A To: "Brett Rudley" , "Francis Moreau" cc: "gregkh@suse.de" , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , "Linux Kernel Mailing List" Subject: Re: brcm80211: the system freezes if booted with laptop wifi switch to OFF References: Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 08:56:20 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 From: "Arend van Spriel" Organization: Broadcom Message-ID: In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Opera Mail/11.01 (Linux) X-WSS-ID: 616A4FB13T82885636-01-01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1055 Lines: 34 On Sat, 05 Mar 2011 18:11:20 +0100, Francis Moreau wrote: > Hi, > > I'm currently running 2.6.38-rc6, and if I boot with my WIFI switch > set to off position, the system freezes entirely when bringing up the > wlan0 interface. > Hi Francis, Some time ago we (broadcom) submitted a patch for rfkill functionality (ie. wifi switch) to staging-2.6 repository. I looked up the tagged version you are referring to in the linux-next repository and it seems that the patch I mentioned is not included in there. > > There's no trace so I don't really know how I can help to debug this > further. > > Thanks Regards, Arend van Spriel -- "The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents." - "The Call of Cthulhu" -- 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/