Bug#614837: dvb-usb crash with dib0700 (Hauppauge Nova-T Stick)
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 12:24:01AM +0100, Uwe Hermann wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 03:53:29AM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > On Wed, 2011-02-23 at 19:12 +0100, Adi Kriegisch wrote:
> > > Package: linux-2.6
> > > Version: 2.6.37-1
> > > Severity: important
> > > Tags: patch
> > >
> > > Trying to watch TV with Hauppauge Nova-T Stick leads to a kernel panic with
> > > 'unable to handle kernel NULL pointer'. This worked just fine with kernel
> > > 2.6.32 and below.
> > > The same issue has been reported:
> > > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=326511 and
> > > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20372
> > >
> > > Patch for the issue: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/534231/
> > > I applied this patch, recompiled the modules and it works fine, again.
> > [...]
> >
> > Mauro, are you going to apply this patch?
>
> I have the same problem and tried the new 2.6.38~rc7-1~experimental.1
> which seems to include the above fix and I can confirm that it works
> again now. Will the fix also be backported to 2.6.37 (i.e. unstable)?
No, we're going straight to 2.6.38 in unstable.
Ben.
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