linux-kernel - Re: Oops in wireless from today's git

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Date:	Mon, 11 May 2009 10:45:59 +0200
From:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
To:	Chris Clayton <chris2553@...glemail.com>
CC:	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Oops in wireless from today's git

On 05/11/2009 10:38 AM, Chris Clayton wrote:
> Thanks Jiri. That patch applies (with offsets) and prevents the oops.
> I think the patch that caused this oops was sent to stable, so  I
> guess this needs pushing to Linus quite quickly so that it can go to
> stable too.

Yes, you're right, it now oopses with cards that support only one 802.11
band, but it's still better than silently corrupting memory. Of course,
the oops-fixing patch should be merged into the stable aswell.

Thanks for testing.
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