Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: ipw2200: firmware DMA loading rework | From | Pekka Enberg <> | Date | Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:56:48 +0300 |
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On Mon, 2009-09-21 at 12:46 +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > > > I don't know why people don't see it but for me it has a memory management > > > regression and reliability issue written all over it. > > > > Possibly but drivers that reload their firmware as a response to an > > error condition is relatively new and loading network drivers while the > > system is already up and running a long time does not strike me as > > typical system behaviour. > > Loading drivers after boot is a typical desktop/laptop behavior, please > think about hotplug (the hardware in question is an USB dongle).
Yeah, I wonder what broke things. Did the wireless stack change in 2.6.31-rc1 too? IIRC Mel ruled out page allocator changes as a suspect.
Pekka
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