Return-path: Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com ([209.85.200.170]:46138 "EHLO wf-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750868AbYJaNwy (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:52:54 -0400 Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 27so1208602wfd.4 for ; Fri, 31 Oct 2008 06:52:53 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <1ba2fa240810310652t351b0b77k819a7e03659503eb@mail.gmail.com> (sfid-20081031_145258_595300_D17FCC78) Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:52:53 +0200 From: "Tomas Winkler" To: "Marcel Holtmann" Subject: Re: Still 4965 issues with wireless-testing Cc: "Marcel Holtmann" , linux-wireless In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 References: <5A6314C4-958B-43E7-B94D-FE5BABED89EA@linux.intel.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Marcel Holtmann wrote: > Hi again, > >> so besides the point that the Ubuntu 8.10 kernel has a broken driver for >> the Intel 4965 cards which will crash my X61 after less than one minute >> uptime when it connects to my access point, I have my dmesg full with >> warnings from the latest wireless-testing kernel. >> >> I know that we have discussed this before and Johannes' patch at least >> turns it into warnings instead of killing my system completely, but I am >> still surprised why this hasn't been fixed. > > so this becomes more and more annoying. I get this WARN_ON now multiple > times pre minute. Only the first few minutes after loading the firmware > everything is okay and then it keeps filling my dmesg. And on top of that, I > now see these: > > __ratelimit: 1189 callbacks suppressed > iwlagn: Can not allocate SKB buffers > iwlagn: Can not allocate SKB buffers > iwlagn: Can not allocate SKB buffers > iwlagn: Can not allocate SKB buffers > iwlagn: Can not allocate SKB buffers > iwlagn: Can not allocate SKB buffers > iwlagn: Can not allocate SKB buffers > iwlagn: Can not allocate SKB buffers > iwlagn: Can not allocate SKB buffers > iwlagn: Can not allocate SKB buffers > __ratelimit: 57695 callbacks suppressed > iwlagn: Can not allocate SKB buffers > iwlagn: Can not allocate SKB buffers > iwlagn: Can not allocate SKB buffers > iwlagn: Can not allocate SKB buffers > iwlagn: Can not allocate SKB buffers > iwlagn: Can not allocate SKB buffers > iwlagn: Can not allocate SKB buffers > iwlagn: Can not allocate SKB buffers > iwlagn: Can not allocate SKB buffers > iwlagn: Can not allocate SKB buffers > __ratelimit: 3345 callbacks suppressed > iwlagn: Can not allocate SKB buffers > iwlagn: Can not allocate SKB buffers > > What is going on here? This is a normal setup and nothing fancy. Access > point is N-Capable from D-Link btw. I have D-Link too I don't see this. What kernel version is this? Is this your ubuntu version or wireless-testing? Any more data you can provide (.config. slabinfo) Thanks Tomas