Well, to set the record straight I did reply privately to tell that staging isn't our business. But my fault was not to point out the correct mailing list for staging. I hope that my apology is accepted. Luis Correia On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 20:21, Ivo van Doorn <ivdoorn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Friday 05 March 2010, Daniele C. wrote: >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: Re: rt2870 (staging kernel driver) crashes fatally >> From: Ivo van Doorn <ivdoorn@xxxxxxxxx> >> To: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Date: Fri Mar 05 2010 17:22:41 GMT+0100 (CET) >> >> > 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 >> > >> Yes, they refused my message but didn't tell anything about the staging mailing list which I couldn't find either and I am now reading from you. Many thanks for pointing this out. > > Your mail wasn't refused for the rt2x00-users mailinglist, we have a filter that prevents non-subscribed members from sending mails to it. > Luis and myself are administrating the list, so your mails were approoved, but we forgot to press the button to allow all your mails > to the list to be accepted. :) > >> I am now running with MEMLEAK enabled, as soon as I will make a new "hammering session" I'll grab the debug data and post another message. > > Good luck. :) > > Ivo > -- > 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 > -- 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
