To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
From: James Womack <james.c.womack@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: r8187se panic
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 09:55:50 +0000
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On 15/11/10 23:44, Larry Finger wrote:
> On 11/15/2010 03:05 PM, James Womack wrote:
>> On 14/11/10 20:23, Larry Finger wrote:
>>> On 11/14/2010 12:49 PM, James Womack wrote:
>>>> Hey, I tried patching the kernel I downloaded, but the dry runs both
>>>> presented errors detailed below:
>>>>
>>>> james@mercury:/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.32$ patch -p1 --dry-run<
>>>> /home/james/rtl8187se_change_panic_to_warn
>>>> patching file drivers/staging/rtl8187se/r8185b_init.c
>>>> Hunk #1 succeeded at 356 with fuzz 2 (offset 92 lines).
>>>> Hunk #2 FAILED at 302.
>>>> 1 out of 2 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file
>>>> drivers/staging/rtl8187se/r8185b_init.c.rej
>>>> james@mercury:/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.32$ patch -p1 --dry-run<
>>>> /home/james/rtl8187se_
>>>> rtl8187se_change_panic_to_warn  rtl8187se_lock_pci_remove
>>>> james@mercury:/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.32$ patch -p1 --dry-run<
>>>> /home/james/rtl8187se_lock_pci_remove
>>>> patching file drivers/staging/rtl8187se/r8180_core.c
>>>> patch unexpectedly ends in middle of line
>>>> patch: **** unexpected end of file in patch
>>>> james@mercury:/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.32$
>>>>
>>>> Do I need to do anything to the kernel source before applying the
>>>> patches?
>>>
>>> You needed a different version of the patch for 2.6.32. Apply the
>>> attached
>>> version. You only need the one patch.
>>>
>>> Larry
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I managed to compile the patched kernel. To confirm - the issue of the
>> kernel panic occuring when Fn-F2 is used to turn off the wireless card
>> is resolved. Thank you. I'll let you know if I notice any side effects
>> from the patch.
>
> After you do the Fn-F2 sequence, there should be a stack dump in the output of
> the dmesg command. Could you please post that? With it, I should be able to find
> what is leading to the original error. It does not happen on my system.
>
> Larry
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Okay, I used dmesg | tail to print the last 10 lines of dmesg. Hopefully 
this is what you were asking for:

[  812.500300]  [<f81d97c1>] ? eeepc_rfkill_hotplug+0x127/0x142 
[eeepc_laptop]
[  812.500311]  [<c116a27d>] ? acpi_ev_notify_dispatch+0x4c/0x57
[  812.500320]  [<c115db60>] ? acpi_os_execute_deferred+0x1a/0x23
[  812.500330]  [<c103fc20>] ? worker_thread+0x142/0x1c2
[  812.500337]  [<c115db46>] ? acpi_os_execute_deferred+0x0/0x23
[  812.500347]  [<c104289e>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x29
[  812.500354]  [<c103fade>] ? worker_thread+0x0/0x1c2
[  812.500362]  [<c1042680>] ? kthread+0x5f/0x64
[  812.500369]  [<c1042621>] ? kthread+0x0/0x64
[  812.500379]  [<c1003ca7>] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10
[  812.700057] r8180: WW:Card reset timeout!
[  812.908439] r8180: Freeing irq 18
[  812.920050] r8180 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
[  812.920056] r8180: wlan driver removed
[  812.920058]


Regards,
James