Bug#496111: linux-image-2.6.26-1-amd64: iwl-wifi dumps stacks

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 08:16:17PM +0200, Pierre Habouzit wrote:
> Package: linux-image-2.6.26-1-amd64
> Version: 2.6.26-2
> Severity: normal
> 
> With the latest kernels, my wifi card somehow floods the kern.log with
> backtraces. Though I've seen no problems with the network whatsoever.
> It's just that it floods quite a lot (I've put here a short excerpt).
> 
>     [83892.115716] wlan0: switched to short barker preamble (BSSID=00:1b:11:4e:42:c9)
>     [83892.115716] ------------[ cut here ]------------
>     [83892.115716] WARNING: at include/../net/mac80211/rate.h:153 rs_get_rate+0xce/0x420 [iwl3945]()
>     [83892.115716] Modules linked in: tun binfmt_misc rfcomm l2cap ipv6 cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_stats cpufreq_userspace cpufreq_ondemand cpufreq_conservative microcode nfsd auth_rpcgss exportfs nfs lockd nfs_acl sunrpc xfs sha256_generic aes_x86_64 aes_generic cbc dm_crypt i915 drm snd_hda_intel snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss arc4 ecb crypto_blkcipher snd_pcm hci_usb iwl3945 rng_core bluetooth mac80211 snd_timer i2c_i801 video output snd led_class yenta_socket rsrc_nonstatic iTCO_wdt joydev battery soundcore snd_page_alloc ac button psmouse serio_raw cfg80211 evdev intel_agp usbhid hid ff_memless reiserfs dm_mirror dm_log dm_snapshot dm_mod sg sr_mod sd_mod cdrom ide_pci_generic ide_core ata_piix b44 ata_generic libata scsi_mod dock ohci1394 ricoh_mmc ieee1394 sdhci mmc_core ssb pcmcia pcmcia_core firmware_class mii ehci_hcd uhci_hcd thermal fan intelfb i2c_algo_bit i2c_core coretemp acpi_cpufreq freq_table processor thermal_sys
>     [83892.115716] Pid: 2025, comm: iwl3945 Not tainted 2.6.26-1-amd64 #1

Does this error still occur with the Lenny versions of the kernel
and firmware-iwlwifi?

Cheers,
        Moritz