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SubjectRe: brcm80211 hangs when disabling wireless
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 11:31:11AM -0800, Henry Ptasinski wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 09, 2010 at 01:54:38PM -0800, Dave Hansen wrote:
> > On Thu, 2010-12-09 at 13:43 -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> > > On Thu, Dec 09, 2010 at 01:26:50PM -0800, Dave Hansen wrote:
> > > > I've been getting hard hangs when I toggle the wireless on a Lenovo
> > > > S10-3. It happens both with the physical switch and the Fn-F5 key
> > > > combo. It's quite repeatable. The system is quite stable when I'm not
> > > > trying to disable the wireless, though.
> > >
> > > What kernel version is this?
> > >
> > > Linus's latest tree has a known bug when the wireless is suspended and
> > > then resumed. Broadcom is working on it but no patch is forthcoming
> > > yet. Perhaps this is the same issue.
> >
> > Yeah, it's 2.6.37-rc5 plus a pull from:
> >
> > http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ikepanhc/ideapad-laptop.git;a=summary
> >
> > That could easily be it. Thanks, Greg.
>
> Actually, I think it's the rfkill support (or lack thereof) that's causing you
> trouble. But we're looking at that as well.
>
> The outstanding reported issues that I'm aware of are:
> - 43224 crashes
> - missing rfkill support
> - suspend/resume problems
> - 4313 infinite loop in some cases
>
> In terms of process, should these all get filed in bugzilla.kernel.org (or
> somewhere else), or just track them via email and our TODO list?

Where ever you feel comfortable putting them, some like email, some like
bugzilla.kernel.org. The TODO list might be a bit tougher as it doesn't
always propagate to Linus fast enough (look at the differences between
it already in Linus's tree and linux-next, right?)

thanks,

greg k-h


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