From: "S. Gilles" <sgilles@terpmail.umd.edu>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 23:41:18 -0400
To: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Cc: "S. Gilles" <sgilles@terpmail.umd.edu>,
	Chaoming Li <chaoming_li@realsil.com.cn>,
	linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: PROBLEM: Boot failure with bad RIP value
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On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 10:07:59AM -0500, Larry Finger wrote:
> On 10/31/2014 08:56 AM, S. Gilles wrote:
> >> 03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter [10ec:8176] (rev 01)
> >
> > Any progress on this, or duplication?  If this isn't replicable with
> > the information in Bugzilla, I can provide anything requested.
> 
> Thanks for posting the PCI ID. I am currently on a family vacation, and I have 
> had little time for driver problems, and none for chasing missing information.

My apologies, I didn't realize you were still away.

> The attached patches should fix the kernel crashes; however, I doubt that the 
> driver will work. There seems to be a problem with DMA buffers that I have not 
> had time to find.

For the sake of followp, I can confirm on my machine: the boot is fine
but no /dev/wlan0. Thanks for the patches, I'll remain available to
test any more if needed.

-- 
S. Gilles