Return-path: Received: from mail-ww0-f46.google.com ([74.125.82.46]:41799 "EHLO mail-ww0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755186Ab0D1VwS convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:52:18 -0400 From: Pedro Francisco To: Vegard Nossum Subject: Re: ath5k misbehaving affecting other kernel parts unrelated? Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:52:07 +0100 Cc: me@bobcopeland.com, "John W. Linville" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, mickflemm@gmail.com References: <201004230806.13628.pedrogfrancisco@gmail.com> <201004241828.37489.pedrogfrancisco@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201004241828.37489.pedrogfrancisco@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Message-Id: <201004282252.07424.pedrogfrancisco@gmail.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: A Sábado, 24 de Abril de 2010 18:28:36 Pedro Francisco escreveu: -snip > I get an error booting as if I'd forgotten to compile my disk's controller; -snip I am now able to compile my own kernels using `make all deb-pkg' on the vanilla source and additional hocus-pocus to create the initramfs, after having finally given up on using the Debian way (make-kpkg). A Sexta, 23 de Abril de 2010 17:37:03 me@bobcopeland.com escreveu: -snip > Advice for debugging: turn on slub/slab debug options, and possibly > kmemcheck. kmemcheck was very helpful for me last time I had such > a corruption issue. I can't seem to find the "kmemcheck: trap use of uninitialized memory" option in make menuconfig, section Kernel Hacking, though a search shows it should be there. Will it be useful if I do such tests now that I've opened a bug report with data from slab_debug? If so, how can I enable such feature? P.S.: considering I'm just planning on using the kernel for the tests, I don't bother enabling options which hurt interactivity, as long as a terminal works well. Thanks again, -- Pedro