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From: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@iki.fi>
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 10:27:08 +0200
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"Philip A. Prindeville" <philipp_subx@redfish-solutions.com> writes:

>>> Did you send that patch? I'd like to apply it. Please copy me when
>>> you send it out.
>> 
>> Johannes was busy and I sent the patch instead. It's here:
>> 
>> http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=126427124317427&w=2
>> 
>
> I just applied it to compat-wireless-2010-01-20 and ran it on an
> AR5413 but it still panics:
>
> BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000019f
> IP: [<e0993e7f>] :mac80211:invoke_tx_handlers+0x5be/0xe6a

Is there any way you could test wireless-testing kernel? I'm not
familiar with compat-wireless, so it's difficult for me to comment
anything.

But remember that there were multiple fixes related to this crash,
make sure that you have all of them in your compat-wireless tree.

-- 
Kalle Valo