Return-path: Received: from mail-qy0-f181.google.com ([209.85.216.181]:50172 "EHLO mail-qy0-f181.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754593Ab0L3ChM (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:37:12 -0500 Message-ID: <4D1BF056.3060909@lwfinger.net> Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 20:37:10 -0600 From: Larry Finger MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe , LKML , wireless , b43-dev Subject: Re: 2.6.37-rc7: Regression: b43: crashes in hwrng_register() References: <4D1A8200.4010609@lwfinger.net> <20101229195440.GD5838@darkside.kls.lan> <4D1BD2B0.4020101@lwfinger.net> <20101230012003.GA2665@darkside.kls.lan> In-Reply-To: <20101230012003.GA2665@darkside.kls.lan> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 12/29/2010 07:20 PM, Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe wrote: > > It will surely not matter: if CONFIG_B43_HWRNG would not have been > defined, hwrng_register() would not have been reached in the dump from > my first mail. > > If you really like me to try that patch, I'll do so when I'm awake again > and will then answer you that nothing has changed :) No, don't bother. I do have a different request. The byte counts for my 32-bit system do not match yours. Could you please use the following command to find the instructions that are failing? objdump -l -d drivers/char/hw_random/core.o | less Use the search to find the start of hwrng_register, then add 0x4c to the starting address. Once I see hte instruction that is failing, I should be able to find where the failure occurs. The order in which things are registered should not cause an error, but who knows? Larry