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Bug#582972: linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64: Inserting rtl819xU USB wireless device twice caused kernel error



On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 10:59 +1000, Russell Coker wrote:
> Package: linux-2.6
> Version: 2.6.32-13
> Severity: normal
> 
> 
> 
> -- Package-specific info:
> ** Version:
> Linux version 2.6.32-5-amd64 (Debian 2.6.32-12) (ben@decadent.org.uk) (gcc version 4.3.4 (Debian 4.3.4-10) ) #1 SMP Mon May 3 10:42:25 UTC 2010
> 
> I inserted the USB wireless device, found it to not allow "ifconfig up",
> removed it, inserted it again, and got a kernel error.
[...]

Not surprising... the driver is doing stupid things in procfs.
Stay away from this hardware.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.

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