linux-kernel - Re: brcm80211: the system freezes if booted with laptop wifi switch to OFF

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Message-ID: <op.vr2jgfwg3ri7v4@arend-laptop>
Date:	Wed, 9 Mar 2011 10:03:41 +0100
From:	"Arend van Spriel" <arend@...adcom.com>
To:	"gregkh@...e.de" <gregkh@...e.de>,
	"Francis Moreau" <francis.moro@...il.com>
cc:	"Brett Rudley" <brudley@...adcom.com>,
	"linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: brcm80211: the system freezes if booted with laptop wifi
 switch to OFF

On Sat, 05 Mar 2011 18:11:20 +0100, Francis Moreau  
<francis.moro@...il.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm currently running 2.6.38-rc6, and if I boot with my WIFI switch
> set to off position, the system freezes entirely when bringing up the
> wlan0 interface.
>
> There's no trace so I don't really know how I can help to debug this  
> further.
>
> Thanks

Hi Greg,

A while ago I submitted a patch for this issue and it was marked as new  
functionality so only to be included in the staging-next branch. However,  
as the system freezes without this patch it might be a good idea to submit  
the patch for staging-linus branch as well to include it in linus tree. Do  
you agree? If so I will prepare a backported version of the patch and send  
it to you.

Gr. AvS
-- 
"The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the  
human
mind to correlate all its contents." - "The Call of Cthulhu"

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