linux-kernel - Re: [GIT] Networking

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Date:	Wed, 18 May 2016 10:51:54 +0000
From:	"Coelho, Luciano" <luciano.coelho@...el.com>
To:	"torvalds@...ux-foundation.org" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"egrumbach@...il.com" <egrumbach@...il.com>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linuxwifi <linuxwifi@...el.com>,
	"Berg, Johannes" <johannes.berg@...el.com>,
	"akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"kvalo@...eaurora.org" <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Grumbach, Emmanuel" <emmanuel.grumbach@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT] Networking

Hi Emmanuel, Linus,


On Wed, 2016-05-18 at 06:37 +0300, Emmanuel Grumbach wrote:
> On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 4:00 AM, Linus Torvalds
> <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> > 
> > On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 12:11 PM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net
> > > wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Highlights:
> > Lowlights:
> > 
> >  1) the iwlwifi driver seems to be broken
> > 
> > My laptop that uses the intel 7680 iwlwifi module no longer
> > connects
> > to the network. It fails with a "Microcode SW error detected." and
> > spews out register state over and over again.
> Can we have the register state and the ASSERT / NMI / whatever that
> goes along with it?
> This clearly means that the firmware is crashing, but I don't know
> why,
> I copied here the lines that I need from another bug with another
> device with another firmware,
> but the log that we will still explain what I need:

I managed to reproduce this bug locally with Linus' master.  I'm
investigating the cause and I'll let you how it goes.

--
Cheers,
Luca.