linux-kernel - Re: Regression: 2.6.30-rc5 and rt2x00 / rt2500pci

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Date:	Sun, 17 May 2009 16:38:58 +0100
From:	Ken Lewis <kennylewis@...il.com>
To:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-net@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Subject: Re: Regression: 2.6.30-rc5 and rt2x00 / rt2500pci

2009/5/15 John W. Linville <linville@...driver.com>:
> On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 03:40:44PM +0100, Ken Lewis wrote:
>> I've been looking for a bug in Linux-Next that makes my rt2500pci
>> wireless card unusable. ...
>
> Please apply this patch:
>
>        http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/linville/wireless-2.6/0002-mac80211-avoid-NULL-ptr-deref-when-finding-max_rate.patch
>
> A pull request was sent to Dave M. a couple of days ago.  I imagine
> that it will make its way to Linus shortly.

Thank you, John. The patch makes 2.6.30-rc5 work for me -- no more bug
dump and the wireless card works fine.

I'm about to try and see if it *also* makes rt2x00 work when applied
against the linux-next tree (and next-20090515 in particular).

Take care.
Ken.Lewis
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