netdev - Re: ieee80211 sleeping in invalid context

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Date:	Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:31:58 -0600
From:	Larry Finger <larry.finger@...inger.net>
To:	Ray Lee <ray-lk@...rabbit.org>
CC:	Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Bcm43xx-dev@...ts.berlios.de
Subject: Re: ieee80211 sleeping in invalid context

Ray Lee wrote:
> Michael Buesch wrote:
>> Congratulations to your decision ;)
> 
> Sometimes making decisions via Brownian motion has its advantages.
> 
>> Which kernel are you using?
> 
> Hmm, I'm using the mercurial repository, let me see if I can translate that to a git
> head... Looks like git tree c2bb88baa52429b6b76e3ba4272cb2b29713c5a8 . (Which is from
> less than 24 hours ago.)
> 
>> There is some locking breakage in latest kernels with softmac.
>> I attached the fixes for the known bugs.
> 
> Okay, I'll apply to my local copy, rebuild, and try again. I'll let you know what
> happens.

Please note that the 3rd hunk of the second patch that Michael sent is already in Linus's 
2.6.19-gitXX tree. You may get that part rejected by patch.

Larry
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