Return-path: Received: from the2masters.de ([213.146.113.64]:41147 "EHLO smtp.the2masters.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753572AbYJ3P6V (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:58:21 -0400 Message-ID: <4909C93E.7020400@the2masters.de> (sfid-20081030_165828_538461_D0715670) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:48:30 +0100 From: Stefan Hellermann MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "John W. Linville" CC: Arjan van de Ven , davem@davemloft.net, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, me@bobcopeland.com, mcgrof@gmail.com, mickflemm@gmail.com Subject: Re: pull request: wireless-2.6 2008-10-29 References: <20081029231855.GD3485@tuxdriver.com> <20081029162324.28f5864d@infradead.org> <20081029233350.GE3485@tuxdriver.com> In-Reply-To: <20081029233350.GE3485@tuxdriver.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: John W. Linville schrieb: > On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 04:23:24PM -0700, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > >> On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:18:55 -0400 >> "John W. Linville" wrote: >> >> >>> Dave, >>> >>> Another quick round of fixes intended for 2.6.28... >>> >>> This includes fixes for bugs 11749 and 11845, fixes a reset-related >>> regression in ath5k, fixes a Kconfig-related error for rt2x00, and >>> fixes some sparse warnings and a possible buffer overrun in libertas. >>> Also, it corrects a spelling error and marks Bob Copeland as an >>> ath5k maintainer. >>> >> speaking of ath5k: >> >> http://www.kerneloops.org/version.php?start=1835008&end=1867775&version=28-rc >> >> it seems to have added a few WARN_ON()s which now end up at the top of >> the list .. are these known or should I spend some time writing reports >> for netdev ? >> > > I wasn't aware of them -- thanks... :-) > > I think some of the reports on kerneloops are from my machine, I'm running wireless-testing#master in the hope to get my card fully working. It's a AR2425 chip (MAC: 0xe2, PHY: 0x70), in a Lenovo Notebook. The wireless-connection is nearly unusable. I can provide access to this machine or test patches if anyone can help. I get many warnings like WARNING: at /srv/devel/kernel/net/mac80211/rx.c:2203 ath5k_tasklet_rx+0x318/0x5c0() Modules linked in: Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.28-rc1-wl #46 Call Trace: [] warn_on_slowpath+0x5f/0xa0 [] enqueue_task_fair+0xb9/0x100 [] enqueue_task_fair+0xb9/0x100 [] default_spin_lock_flags+0x5/0x10 [] _spin_lock_irqsave+0x2b/0x40 [] lock_timer_base+0x27/0x60 [] __mod_timer+0x90/0xa0 [] rexmit_timer+0x36a/0x3d0 [] ath5k_tasklet_rx+0x318/0x5c0 [] tasklet_action+0x70/0x100 [] __do_softirq+0x97/0x160 [] __do_softirq+0x0/0x160 [] handle_fasteoi_irq+0x0/0xe0 [] irq_exit+0x5d/0x80 [] do_IRQ+0xcc/0x100 [] common_interrupt+0x23/0x28 [] acpi_idle_enter_bm+0x315/0x39e [] cpuidle_idle_call+0x74/0xc0 [] cpu_idle+0x6d/0xd0 ---[ end trace 8ac847f454371229 ]---