linux-kernel - Re: ath5k misbehaving affecting other kernel parts unrelated?

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Date:	Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:52:07 +0100
From:	Pedro Francisco <pedrogfrancisco@...il.com>
To:	Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...il.com>
Cc:	me@...copeland.com, "John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	mickflemm@...il.com
Subject: Re: ath5k misbehaving affecting other kernel parts unrelated?

A Sábado, 24 de Abril de 2010 18:28:36 Pedro Francisco escreveu:
-snip 
> I get an error booting as if I'd forgotten to compile my disk's controller;
-snip

I am now able to compile my own kernels using `make all deb-pkg' on the 
vanilla source and additional hocus-pocus to create the initramfs, after 
having finally given up on using the Debian way (make-kpkg).

A Sexta, 23 de Abril de 2010 17:37:03 me@...copeland.com escreveu:
-snip
> Advice for debugging: turn on slub/slab debug options, and possibly
> kmemcheck.  kmemcheck was very helpful for me last time I had such
> a corruption issue.

I can't seem to find the "kmemcheck: trap use of uninitialized memory" option 
in make menuconfig, section Kernel Hacking, though a search shows it should be 
there.

Will it be useful if I do such tests now that I've opened a bug report with 
data from slab_debug?
If so, how can I enable such feature?

P.S.: considering I'm just planning on using the kernel for the tests, I don't 
bother enabling options which hurt interactivity, as long as a terminal works 
well.

Thanks again,
-- 
Pedro
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