Return-path: Received: from hera.kernel.org ([140.211.167.34]:42875 "EHLO hera.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754753AbZDUTlF (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:41:05 -0400 Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:40:26 +0000 From: Chris Wright To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Cc: linville@tuxdriver.com, chunkeey@web.de, me@bobcopeland.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org Subject: Re: [stable] [PATCH] atheros: fix propagation of bad EEPROM on regulatory init Message-ID: <20090421194026.GC30916@hera.kernel.org> (sfid-20090421_214110_640009_10676DCD) References: <1239673306-13954-1-git-send-email-lrodriguez@atheros.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1239673306-13954-1-git-send-email-lrodriguez@atheros.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: * Luis R. Rodriguez (lrodriguez@atheros.com) wrote: > When the EEPROM is not in good condition we cannot continue so > we currently bail out but only ath5k is bailing out properly. > Both ath9k and ar9170 were proceeding and if a user were to run > into this they'd see an obscure panic. Lets propagate the error > as intended and make sure we inform the user by lifting the > error message from debug to a kernel error. Looks like this still isn't upstream. > Stable note: You can find a port of this page here: > > http://bombadil.infradead.org/~mcgrof/patches/ath9k/ath9k-fix-eeprom.patch.txt (Thanks for the backport ;-) -chris