netdev - Re: pull request: wireless-2.6 2008-09-24

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Message-Id: <1222369742.6442.0.camel@californication>
Date:	Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:09:01 +0200
From:	Marcel Holtmann <holtmann@...ux.intel.com>
To:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
Cc:	Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@...el.com>,
	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: pull request: wireless-2.6 2008-09-24

Hi John,

> > > One more for 2.6.27 -- a fix for a possible interrupt storm.  There is
> > > even a link in the commit log to a youtube video of the storm in
> > > progress. :-)
> > > 
> > > Let me know if there are problems!
> > 
> > Can you also add this one? It doesn't panic the kernel when a frame from
> > firmware is invalid.
> > 
> > http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=122219037706528&w=2
> 
> Is there an open bug report for that anywhere?  Is this something
> that real users (no offense to Johannes) are likely to hit?

I was hitting this one a frequent basis on a 64-bit Linux running on an
off-the-shelf X61.

Regards

Marcel


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