tried out the v6 patch on an x61s unencrypted network on 2.6.23-rc4-amd64 * no printk on missing firmware * oops on rmmod (didn't take down an interface before) i'll try if i can reproduce with patch on 2.6.23-rc5 -- maks -- lspci -v snipp 03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN Network Connection (rev 61) Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device 1111 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 1275 Memory at f7f00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K] Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 3 Capabilities: [d0] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable+ Capabilities: [e0] Express Endpoint IRQ 0 Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting Capabilities: [140] Device Serial Number fb-59-70-ff-ff-e8-13-00 -- ooops Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000000 RIP: [<0000000000000000>] _stext+0x7fdf7000/0x1a PGD 2340a067 PUD 1e1b067 PMD 0 Oops: 0010 [1] SMP CPU 0 Modules linked in: arc4 ecb iwl4965 battery ac thermal fan button e1000 snd_rtctimer usb_storage option ppp_deflate zlib_deflate bsd_comp ppp_async crc_ccitt ppp_generic slhc nls_iso8859_1 isofs rfcomm l2cap bluetooth uinput ppdev parport_pc lp parport ipv6 acpi_cpufreq cpufreq_ondemand cpufreq_conservative cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_stats freq_table cpufreq_userspace sha256 aes cbc blkcipher sg sr_mod cdrom dm_crypt firewire_sbp2 loop usbserial snd_hda_intel snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm snd_mixer_oss snd_seq_dummy piix snd_seq_oss generic ide_core snd_seq_midi sdhci mmc_core pcmcia snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq firewire_ohci firewire_core i2c_i801 yenta_socket rsrc_nonstatic pcmcia_core snd_timer snd_seq_device snd evdev video firmware_class crc_itu_t i2c_core ata_generic serio_raw soundcore output mac80211 intel_agp snd_page_alloc joydev ehci_hcd uhci_hcd cfg80211 psmouse tsdev pcspkr thinkpad_acpi nvram ext3 jbd mbcache dm_mirror dm_snapshot dm_mod sd_mod processor ahci libata scsi_mod Pid: 2310, comm: rmmod Not tainted 2.6.23-rc4-amd64 #1 RIP: 0010:[<0000000000000000>] [<0000000000000000>] _stext+0x7fdf7000/0x1a RSP: 0018:ffff810023bd5d80 EFLAGS: 00010296 RAX: ffffffff8824eac0 RBX: ffff81003b4c17f0 RCX: ffffffff80424393 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8815f488 RDI: ffff81001ad59aa0 RBP: ffffffff8815f488 R08: ffff810001106a68 R09: ffff81003b4f75c0 R10: 0000000000000020 R11: ffff81001ad58cd0 R12: ffff81003b4c17e0 R13: ffff81001ad58cc0 R14: ffff8100012ca000 R15: ffff81001ad58cc0 FS: 00002b5d87b2a6e0(0000) GS:ffffffff804fa000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 000000003c1cb000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Process rmmod (pid: 2310, threadinfo ffff810023bd4000, task ffff810004de9140) Stack: ffffffff8815f4a1 0000000000000286 ffff81003b4c17f0 0000000000000000 ffffffff802fef47 ffff81001ad58cd0 0000000000000000 ffff81001ad582e0 ffffffff88152c00 ffff81001ad58cc0 0000000000000004 ffff81001c4fd780 Call Trace: [<ffffffff8815f4a1>] :mac80211:rate_control_release+0x19/0x2e [<ffffffff802fef47>] kref_put+0x5d/0x68 [<ffffffff88152c00>] :mac80211:ieee80211_unregister_hw+0x181/0x217 [<ffffffff8823b325>] :iwl4965:iwl_pci_remove+0xff/0x1b1 [<ffffffff8030c775>] pci_device_remove+0x24/0x48 [<ffffffff80368c3e>] __device_release_driver+0x8e/0xb0 [<ffffffff803690d8>] driver_detach+0x98/0xd8 [<ffffffff80368751>] bus_remove_driver+0x6d/0x90 [<ffffffff8030c9cc>] pci_unregister_driver+0x12/0x6c [<ffffffff8025286f>] sys_delete_module+0x1b1/0x1e0 [<ffffffff8020be6e>] system_call+0x7e/0x83 Code: Bad RIP value. RIP [<0000000000000000>] _stext+0x7fdf7000/0x1a RSP <ffff810023bd5d80> CR2: 0000000000000000 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html