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Re: rt2870 (staging kernel driver) crashes fatally

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On Thursday 04 March 2010, Larry Finger wrote:
> On 03/03/2010 08:14 PM, Hin-Tak Leung wrote:
> > You appear to have two issues - (1) the driver doesn't
> > hibernate/resume well, (2) there is some bad memory leak which causes
> > your system to run out of memory.
> > 
> > You did not mention issue (1) - that you were hibernating and resuming
> > (and expecting it to work, which it does not). For the latter, you
> > probably need to track down where the memory is leaking in the driver,
> > which is probably easier than tracking down the hibernate/resume
> > issue.
> > 
> > Good luck with tracking down the memory leak. (you do understand that
> > staging drivers are DIY - i.e. you try it only if you are willing to
> > look into fixing it yourself - I hope )
> 
> By generating your own kernel with MEMLEAK enabled, you should be able to see
> which data blob is being leaked. If you post that info, someone on this list
> should be able to help you find the cause.

Actually the rt2x00-users list is not intended for the Ralink staging drivers.
You have to use the staging mailing list: devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Ivo
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