linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] ath5k: fix hw rate index condition

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Date:	Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:35:15 +0100
From:	Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>
To:	bcm43xx-dev@...ts.berlios.de
Cc:	Stefan Lippers-Hollmann <s.L-H@....de>,
	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>,
	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <lrodriguez@...eros.com>,
	Dhaval Giani <dhaval@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Bob Copeland <me@...copeland.com>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Nick Kossifidis <mickflemm@...il.com>,
	ath5k-devel@...ema.h4ckr.net, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] ath5k: fix hw rate index condition

On Sunday 15 March 2009 22:27:13 Stefan Lippers-Hollmann wrote:
> Hi
> 
> On Mittwoch, 7. Januar 2009, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> > On 01/07/2009 02:51 PM, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> > > Dhaval Giani wrote:
> > >> I see this on current git. Not sure how to reproduce it, has happened on
> > >> two random occasions. At both times, I was not connected to a wireless
> > >> network, but to wired networks.
> > >>
> > >> ------------[ cut here ]------------
> > >> WARNING: at net/mac80211/rx.c:2234 __ieee80211_rx+0x7f/0x559

I also see this triggering frequently on b43.
I'm not quite sure why it happens.

> Sometimes even the firmware crashes and gets reloaded continously.

Nah, that's most likely a separate bug.

-- 
Greetings, Michael.
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