On 09/24/2009 09:55 PM, Malte Gell wrote: > I use the compat 2.6.30 and the ar9170 driver for my Netgear WN111 USB stick. > I use the packages from > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/driver:/wireless/11.1-update/i586/ > for openSUSE 11.1. > > When I shutdown my machine, it hangs after the last messages "system now > rebooting" or similar. > > Does it make sense to use "rmmod --force ar9170" to force removing that module > before shutting down? Why are you sure that the hang is caused by the ar9170 driver? The vendor driver is called arusb_lnx, the new one ar9170usb If you only use the packages from the above URL and haven't compile compat-wireless yourself, chances are that you use the vendor driver. You may check the loaded module list: lsmod and try to remove the module: rmmod arusb_lnx before shutting down. If this fails, try to close the corresponding netdev first: ifconfig X down with X = ath0 or wlan0 (see the output of "iwconfig"). Needing "--force" for rmmod is IMHO a bug in the driver. Regards, Jörg. -- 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
