Return-path: Received: from bu3sch.de ([62.75.166.246]:46542 "EHLO vs166246.vserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750831AbYIURgt (ORCPT ); Sun, 21 Sep 2008 13:36:49 -0400 From: Michael Buesch To: Evgeniy Polyakov Subject: Re: Mark IPW2100 as BROKEN: Fatal interrupt. Scheduling firmware restart. Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:36:00 +0200 Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ipw2100-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, yi.zhu@intel.com, reinette.chatre@intel.com, jgarzik@pobox.com, linville@tuxdriver.com, davem@davemloft.net References: <20080921172316.GA6306@2ka.mipt.ru> In-Reply-To: <20080921172316.GA6306@2ka.mipt.ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Message-Id: <200809211936.00414.mb@bu3sch.de> (sfid-20080921_193654_426660_E511CA09) Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sunday 21 September 2008 19:23:17 Evgeniy Polyakov wrote: > Hi. > > Following bug exists in the ipw2100 driver/firmware for years and Intel > folks never responded to zillions bugzilla entries and forum notices in > the internet with some patch or firmware update (although did request > dmesg and debug info, and received them). > > ipw2100: Fatal interrupt. Scheduling firmware restart. > > I believe it is a firmware bug because after driver is unloaded and > loaded back again wireless adapter usually starts working (for small > amount of time though). My conspiracy feeling can suggest, that it may > be kind of a force to buy a new one, or trivial error in the firmware, > when it writes to the same place in the flash and essentially given cell > became dead or whatever else. > > Intel folks, please fix this problem, I see no other way to force you to do > this than to mark ipw2100 driver as broken, since that is what it is. You are pretty funny, actually. :) I think the bug should be fixed, but what makes _you_ think you can _force_ anybody to do so? > Signed-off-by: Evgeniy Polyakov > > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig b/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig > index 9931b5a..c24fc6a 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig > @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ config PCMCIA_RAYCS > > config IPW2100 > tristate "Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Connection" > - depends on PCI && WLAN_80211 > + depends on PCI && WLAN_80211 && BROKEN > select WIRELESS_EXT > select FW_LOADER > select IEEE80211 > -- Greetings Michael.