Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:44007 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752090Ab0DZSpM (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:45:12 -0400 Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:32:33 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: Larry Finger Cc: Michael Buesch , b43-dev@lists.infradead.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC/RFT] ssb: Avoid system hang when SPROM read fails Message-ID: <20100426183233.GF2387@tuxdriver.com> References: <4bd4c284.WBohOsmgdwRzw5JC%Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> <20100426171505.GC2387@tuxdriver.com> <4BD5D5B1.6020906@lwfinger.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <4BD5D5B1.6020906@lwfinger.net> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 01:04:33PM -0500, Larry Finger wrote: > On 04/26/2010 12:15 PM, John W. Linville wrote: > > > > Well, the "good" news is that I hit the "Unable to read SPROM" case. > > The bad news is that the box still hangs after the -ENODEV. I have > > not yet tracked-down the exact location of the current hang. > > > > John > > > > P.S. Sorry about the 'radio silence' -- I've been distracted with > > some other things. Also, the box in question originally belonged > > to someone else who had configured it in a way that was less than > > friendly to kernel development. I finally reinstalled it... > > That box is certainly resistant! > > I certainly understand your distractions. That has to be a major > understatement. > > As the patch makes some improvement in both your system and the one in > Bug #15825, I'll push it as a real patch. > > Would your box be available to me as a loaner? I have considered buying > a netbook for debugging purposes, but I cannot quite justify the cost. > In addition, Murphy's law would make whatever one I bought work without > any problems. I think that can be arranged... John -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.