On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 6:50 AM, Nils Radtke <lkml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > Guess, this is better suited in here: >> - ath5k: when starting a blob transfer eg. ssh summer.jpg to the >> notebook with the ath5k driver running, the wNIC freezes almost >> immediately! Dead device. This is unfortunately too easily reproducible. > So where should I be posting this? You're in the right place... > When both drivers deadlock it's either a common > base in the wireless driver premisses or yet up the path somewhere in the > kernel code. (Or hardware. madwifi doesn't use mac80211 so it is probably not common code, but ath5k could have inherited a bug from it.) > Ideas? I missed the first email. What type of machine? System lockup or the connection drops? Do you get any output on the console or in dmesg? (try switching to a text console before your scp test.) If not, any output after lockup booting with nmi_watchdog=1? -- Bob Copeland %% www.bobcopeland.com -- 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
