Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 13 Sep 2010 12:23:29 -0700 (PDT) | Subject | Re: [33-stable regression ssb/broadcom] | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Thomas Backlund <tmb@mandriva.org> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 20:38:26 +0300
> In Mandriva 2010.1 we noticed that 2.6.33.7 broke ssb/Broadcom lan for > several users... > > Issue is tracked at: > https://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=60968 > > Reverting the commit restores a working lan. > > The offending commit is:
Please always CC: netdev on networking reports, otherwise you are very unlikely to get any experts looking into your issue.
> --- cut --- > From 6fb037c2ed8378c7ab0c1e00536ba6b2a866503e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Christoph Fritz <chf.fritz@googlemail.com> > Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:26:15 -0500 > Subject: [PATCH] ssb: Handle Netbook devices where the SPROM address > is changed > > For some Netbook computers with Broadcom BCM4312 wireless interfaces, > the SPROM has been moved to a new location. When the ssb driver tries > to > read the old location, the systems hangs when trying to read a > non-existent location. Such freezes are particularly bad as they do > not > log the failure. > > This patch is modified from commit > da1fdb02d9200ff28b6f3a380d21930335fe5429 with some pieces from other > mainline changes so that it can be applied to stable 2.6.34.Y. > --- cut --- > > -- > Thomas > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe > linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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