linux-kernel - Re: [Ipw2100-devel] 2.6.32-rc4 ipw2200: oops on missing firmware

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Message-ID: <20091015125933.GA2809@tuxdriver.com>
Date:	Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:59:33 -0400
From:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
To:	Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@...el.com>
Cc:	Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>, Ferenc Wagner <wferi@...f.hu>,
	"ipw2100-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net" 
	<ipw2100-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	"linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Ipw2100-devel] 2.6.32-rc4 ipw2200: oops on missing firmware

On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 02:50:28PM +0800, Zhu Yi wrote:

> OK. The rfkill device is removed without being added before! The root
> cause is, for non-monitor interfaces, the syntax for
> alloc_ieee80211/free_80211 is wrong. Because alloc_ieee80211 only
> creates (wiphy_new) a wiphy, but free_80211() does wiphy_unregister()
> also. This is only correct when the later wiphy_register() is called
> successfully, which apparently is not the case for your fw doesn't exist
> one. Please see if this patch fix the problem.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@...el.com>

Thanks, Zhu!  That certainly looks better than what I had.

John
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