linux-kernel - Re: coldplug zd1211rw wireless driver results in firefox segfault

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Message-ID: <20070825013808.GA24439@kroah.com>
Date:	Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:38:08 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Paul Albrecht <albrecht@...1.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: coldplug zd1211rw wireless driver results in firefox segfault

On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 04:21:42PM -0400, Paul Albrecht wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to use a hawking hwu54g with the zd1211rw driver in the
> 2.6.20 linux kernel. It works ok when I hotplug the device, but causes
> firefox to segfault when I coldplug the device.
> 
> As I get the segfault whether or not I bring the device up, I'm
> wondering if there's a problem with the usb subsystem initialization.
> 
> Any ideas? Please cc me because I don't usually subscribe to the lkml.

Can you try a newer kernel?  That driver has gotten a lot of work in the
past 6 months.

thanks,

greg k-h
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