On Tue, 2011-03-01 at 10:27 -0500, LeJacq, Jean Pierre wrote:
> Package: linux-2.6
> Version: 2.6.37-2
> Severity: important
> Tags: upstream
>
> There is a know bug with the b44 driver that causes a kernel panic on boot.
> This may be limited to the Dell Vostro 1500 with more than 2 Gb of memory and
> 64 bit kernel. The following link describes the problem and a proposed patch:
>
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/522971/
That fix was committed upstream as:
commit fba99fa38b023224680308a482e12a0eca87e4e1
Author: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp>
Date: Fri Feb 25 14:44:16 2011 -0800
swiotlb: fix wrong panic
It will be included in the next updates to stable (2.6.32-31) and
unstable (either 2.6.37-3 or 2.6.38-1).
Ben.
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Ben Hutchings
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