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Re: Kernel oops when loading ath5k from compat-wireless in 2.6.27

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On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 1:17 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> If our offsets are the same then its probably on line 791:
[...]
> 790             name = wiphy_dev(local->hw.wiphy)->driver->name;
> 791             local->hw.workqueue = create_freezeable_workqueue(name);

I agree, having looked at the objdump output.  Hmm, maybe ->driver pointer
is bad even though I can't see that happening.  Dan, can you try adding a
printk before line 790 to see if any of the pointers are null?

Also, do you have CONFIG_LOCKDEP enabled or no?

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