Return-path: Received: from kroah.org ([198.145.64.141]:32868 "EHLO coco.kroah.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751563Ab0LMTmH (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:42:07 -0500 Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 11:42:03 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Henry Ptasinski Cc: Dave Hansen , "devel@driverdev.osuosl.org" , Jason Cooper , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" , Greg KH , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , "John W. Linville" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Mike Rapoport , Andy Shevchenko , Johannes Berg Subject: Re: brcm80211 hangs when disabling wireless Message-ID: <20101213194203.GB18431@kroah.com> References: <1291930010.7960.30.camel@nimitz> <20101209214347.GA15172@suse.de> <1291931678.7960.32.camel@nimitz> <20101213193111.GK2576@broadcom.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20101213193111.GK2576@broadcom.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 11:31:11AM -0800, Henry Ptasinski wrote: > On Thu, Dec 09, 2010 at 01:54:38PM -0800, Dave Hansen wrote: > > On Thu, 2010-12-09 at 13:43 -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > > On Thu, Dec 09, 2010 at 01:26:50PM -0800, Dave Hansen wrote: > > > > I've been getting hard hangs when I toggle the wireless on a Lenovo > > > > S10-3. It happens both with the physical switch and the Fn-F5 key > > > > combo. It's quite repeatable. The system is quite stable when I'm not > > > > trying to disable the wireless, though. > > > > > > What kernel version is this? > > > > > > Linus's latest tree has a known bug when the wireless is suspended and > > > then resumed. Broadcom is working on it but no patch is forthcoming > > > yet. Perhaps this is the same issue. > > > > Yeah, it's 2.6.37-rc5 plus a pull from: > > > > http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ikepanhc/ideapad-laptop.git;a=summary > > > > That could easily be it. Thanks, Greg. > > Actually, I think it's the rfkill support (or lack thereof) that's causing you > trouble. But we're looking at that as well. > > The outstanding reported issues that I'm aware of are: > - 43224 crashes > - missing rfkill support > - suspend/resume problems > - 4313 infinite loop in some cases > > In terms of process, should these all get filed in bugzilla.kernel.org (or > somewhere else), or just track them via email and our TODO list? Where ever you feel comfortable putting them, some like email, some like bugzilla.kernel.org. The TODO list might be a bit tougher as it doesn't always propagate to Linus fast enough (look at the differences between it already in Linus's tree and linux-next, right?) thanks, greg k-h