Return-path: Received: from yx-out-2324.google.com ([74.125.44.29]:1244 "EHLO yx-out-2324.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754757AbYKNTdV (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:33:21 -0500 Received: by yx-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 8so693786yxm.1 for ; Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:33:20 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <449c10960811141133o6d34c53fke3894a32cc1e5b8b@mail.gmail.com> (sfid-20081114_203327_101334_6FA47B9A) Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:33:19 -0600 From: "Dan McGee" To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Subject: Re: Kernel oops when loading ath5k from compat-wireless in 2.6.27 Cc: Sujith , "Bob Copeland" , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, "Michael Buesch" , "Johannes Berg" In-Reply-To: <43e72e890811141037j5328f71fx7badb6f2b0e0831d@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 References: <449c10960811132146s40aef6c6ue8dfeef5ba29812a@mail.gmail.com> <43e72e890811132217k160db63ch77e7d03c38e81d5f@mail.gmail.com> <43e72e890811140937h4dc03cf8g50df7f74efcd28b2@mail.gmail.com> <43e72e890811141006x1c396c78ube87a526f1435676@mail.gmail.com> <18717.49111.572993.44410@localhost.localdomain> <43e72e890811141029q24ad722fi6a7ae1e7dcd463bd@mail.gmail.com> <18717.50308.330801.765686@localhost.localdomain> <43e72e890811141037j5328f71fx7badb6f2b0e0831d@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 10:33 AM, Sujith wrote: >> Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: >>> > From the original log: >>> > ath5k_pci 0000:01:00.0: registered as '' >>> >>> That comes from >>> >>> dev_info(&pdev->dev, "registered as '%s'\n", wiphy_name(hw->wiphy)); >>> >>> which means that may be buggy too as wiphy_name() gets >>> >>> return wiphy->dev.bus_id; >>> >>> and we only have set at that point wiphy->dev.parent IIRC. >>> >> >> Nope, parent is set after that call in SET_IEEE80211_DEV() >> phy[x] gets assigned in alloc_hw(). >> >> So why is it NULL even if alloc_hw() succeeds ? > > Parent is wiphy->dev.parent not wiphy->dev though So I'm at work for another 4 or 5 hours, but I should have a chance to hack at anything tonight you guys want me to. Let me know if the earlier suggestions in this thread still apply. -Dan