On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 12:25:03AM +0200, Ivo van Doorn wrote: > Hi, > > > > 1. Problem with usb-wireless-key > > > 2. I can't find my device typing ifconfig -a or iwconfig I don't find any wireless attached device. But I have my usb wireless connected. A belkin usb wireless key.Before, with the kernel 2.6.25 all worked well > > > 3. nothing > > > 4. Linux version 2.6.26 (root@clementino) (gcc version 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)) #1 PREEMPT Mon Sep 22 15:57:45 CEST 2008 > > > 5. > > You missed the message from rt2x00 2 lines above this trace, which undoubtly have said something like: > "Invalid RT chipset detected." > which is triggered when rt73usb is loaded for a device it does not support > > The current workaround for this issue is blacklisting rt73usb and making sure the driver > which is required for your driver is loaded instead. > > I'll look into the reason why this actually triggers a NULL pointer, since that is obviously a nasty bug. -stable needs a patch similar to the one here: http://people.redhat.com/linville/kernels/rhel5/patches/jwltest-rt2x00lib-probe-fail.patch John -- John W. Linville Linux should be at the core linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx of your literate lifestyle. -- 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
