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Bug#402475: bcm43xx makes system unusable on NETDEV timeout



On Tue, Jan 16, 2007 at 10:52:44AM +0100, maximilian attems wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 09:03:57PM +0000, Brian M. Carlson wrote:
> > The only problem I have with bcm43xx is that when it crashes as
> > specified in the bug report, it makes the system unusable: my USB
> > keyboard ceases to work, although my USB mouse works fine.  Magic SysRq
> > doesn't work either (because the keyboard doesn't), and I cannot shut
> > down the system safely if the problem happens while the screensaver is
> > on (which is usually when it happens).
> > 
> 
> please test latest trunk snapshot:
> http://wiki.debian.org/DebianKernel
> 
> it has an 2.6.18 with the 2.6.18.2 upstream fix and !netdev.

After 14 hours, it seems to work fine.  If it should crash, I will
respond.  Many thanks.

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