Bug#614236: linux-image-2.6.32-5-powerpc: wireless card not working after kernel panic at at /build/buildd-linux-2.6_2.6.32-30-powerpc-wZZD8S/linux

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

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tags 614236 - squeeze
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Hi,

Jeroen Diederen wrote:

> Sometimes the airport card working with airport/orinoco kernel module works
> fine. Then I get a kernel panic:
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> ------------[ cut here ]------------
> Badness at [...]/net/wireless/core.c:614

This is

| $ git show v2.6.32:net/wireless/core.c |sed -n '614 p'
|	if (WARN_ON(rdev->scan_req && rdev->scan_req->dev == wdev->netdev)) {

Is it reproducible?  If so, does it happen in 3.x.y kernels, too?  (The
only packages you should need from outside squeeze in order to test are
the kernel image itself, linux-base, and initramfs-tools.)

[...]
> If I rmmod orinoco and airport and modprobe them back again, the airport
> wireless card works again as normal.

That's good to hear.

Thanks, and sorry for the slow reply.

Sincerely,
Jonathan