Return-path: Received: from smtpout.microchip.com ([198.175.253.82]:41259 "EHLO email.microchip.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752372AbcIVMeC (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Sep 2016 08:34:02 -0400 From: To: , CC: , , Subject: RE: staging: wilc1000: kernel Oops while opening the device Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 12:34:01 +0000 Message-ID: <65355EED85AFFB41B861AC69A1D0893DCADB8ACF@CHN-SV-EXMX03.mchp-main.com> (sfid-20160922_143406_314196_B4EB91C9) References: <20160919134201.GA25769@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: <20160919134201.GA25769@kroah.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: >-----Original Message----- >From: Greg Kroah-Hartman [mailto:gregkh@linuxfoundation.org] >Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 7:12 PM >To: Nicolas Ferre >Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org; Aditya Shankar - I16078; Ganesh Krishna - I00112; luisbg@osg.samsung.com >Subject: Re: staging: wilc1000: kernel Oops while opening the device > >On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 02:06:02PM +0200, Nicolas Ferre wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> While using the wilc1000 driver with latest 4.8-rc7, I have >> difficulties to open the device and actually use it as I have this >> kernel Oops right after the loading of the firmware (wilc1003_firmware.bin). >> >> If I revert back the driver to its >> b9811891a9f60ca9c314dcab3244c65930c4cf37 state, it works okay. I did >> this because I tend to think that it might be related to the latest move on this driver to "completion" or "work queues". >> It seems to be a regression from 4.7. > >Ick, not good at all. > >Any chance you can run 'git bisect' to see if you can find the offending patch? > >I thought the maintainers were testing this driver over time :( >thanks, > >greg k-h Ick indeed. Maintainers are on it full time. Thank you very much for the flag. While I am only reporting activity, hope to have results soon. Regards, ganesh k