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Re: Linux 2.6.26-rc4

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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...>
To: Alejandro Riveira Fernández <ariveira@...>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org <linux-kernel@...>, <linux-wireless@...>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.26-rc4
Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 - 4:10 pm

.. again, please give the full oops, without that we just know that "an 


I assume it's related to the oops above - the oops probably happened while

holding some mutex or other lock, which is why network-related stuff then

blocks on that lock (which will never be released, since the oops killed

the process that held it).


I suspect the oops is also why the bootup breaks, so it's likely all the

same issue. Please save the dmesg into a file, reboot into a working

setup, and send that. Along with hw information (it's likely related to

your network device driver, since I've not seen an uproar of these kinds 


More details, please, again.


			Linus

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From: Johannes Berg <johannes@...>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...>
Cc: Alejandro Riveira <ariveira@...>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org <linux-kernel@...>, <linux-wireless@...>, John Linville <linville@...>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.26-rc4
Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 - 4:17 pm

rtnl, in fact, I suspect.


Actually, please apply the patch "=EF=BB=BFrt2x00: Use atomic interface

iteration in irq context" before trying anything more, that'll fix it.

I'm not sure where Linville is hiding ;)


(http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general/15268)


johannes
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From: John W. Linville <linville@...>
To: Johannes Berg <johannes@...>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...>, Alejandro Riveira <ariveira@...>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org <linux-kernel@...>, <linux-wireless@...>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.26-rc4
Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 - 5:48 pm

Zzzzzzz....huh, what?? :-)


I just sent a pull request to Dave M. with that patch in it.

Last weekend was a long one in the USA, so I apologize for the delay...


John

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