linux-kernel - Re: Fixing rt2500pci

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Date:	Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:01:33 +1000
From:	Peter Chubb <peterc@...ato.unsw.edu.au>
To:	Ivo van Doorn <ivdoorn@...il.com>
Cc:	Peter Chubb <peterc@...ato.unsw.edu.au>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	John Linville <linville@...driver.com>
Subject: Re: Fixing rt2500pci

>>>>> "Ivo" == Ivo van Doorn <ivdoorn@...il.com> writes:

Ivo> On Tuesday 05 August 2008, Peter Chubb wrote:
>> >>>>> "Peter" == Peter Chubb <peterc@...ato.unsw.edu.au> writes:
>> 
Peter> Ther appears to be another problem in here somewhere.  Every
Peter> now and then I get a general protect fault with this card and
Peter> 2.6.27-rc1.  This is on an AMD64 box.  I'm not sure I entirely
Peter> believe the stack backtrace.
>> I recompiled with frame pointers.  Here's another trace.  i believe
>> this one :-) This is 2.6.27-rc1 as of 4/8/2008 with my patch
>> applied

Ivo> I am still not completely happy with the trace, but it at least
Ivo> points a bit clearer to the source of the problem.

You have to ignore the symbols with a question mark.

Ivo> Are you running rt2500pci in managed or adhoc mode?  And when
Ivo> does this bug trigger, when authenticating, associating,
Ivo> deauthentication or random?

Managed; WEP; the bug triggers at random some time after associating.

Ivo> Also could you post some of the rt2500/mac80211 debug messages
Ivo> from the log from before the actual bug?

Will do -- later today.  I dropped back to 2.6.26-rc9 to do real work :-)
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