This patch seems to be done against iwlwifi-2.6 GIT master. Can you please offer a patch against vanilla 2.6.35-rc1 as requested so we can try and give feedback? - Sedat - [...] Applying patch iwlwifi-fix/0001-iwl3945-fix-internal-scan.patch patching file drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-lib.c Hunk #1 succeeded at 1119 (offset 127 lines). Hunk #2 succeeded at 1136 (offset 127 lines). patching file drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c Hunk #1 succeeded at 854 (offset -2 lines). patching file drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.h Hunk #1 FAILED at 347. 1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- rejects in file drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.h patching file drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c Hunk #1 succeeded at 1844 (offset 61 lines). Hunk #2 succeeded at 3035 (offset 59 lines). Patch iwlwifi-fix/0001-iwl3945-fix-internal-scan.patch does not apply (enforce with -f) ERROR: failed to apply patch series! [...] On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 9:03 PM, Abhijeet Kolekar <abhijeet.kolekar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > Please check the following version of the patch. > > Abhijeet > On Tue, 2010-06-01 at 08:21 -0700, Sedat Dilek wrote: >> Hi Maxim, >> >> that's a known issue... and there were several mails to LKML and here >> on the ML (as I see you are very active on both lists :-)). >> Unfortunately, the patch in [1] didnt go into any (GIT) reposoitory. I know. >> >> I am attaching the original patch and give it a meaningfull name, so >> people see it on patchwork.kernel.org (linux-wireless). >> >> Kind Regards, >> - Sedat - >> >> [1] http://bugzilla.intellinuxwireless.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2208 >> >> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > On Tue, 2010-06-01 at 15:25 +0300, Maxim Levitsky wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> in 2.6.35-rc1 the wireless became just unusable. >> >> >> >> These are problems that I have: >> >> >> >> 1. very frequent oopses.This appears to be mention on the list already, >> >> but patches I tried don't help. >> >> >> >> I currently use this bandaid patch, and I still get some crashes: >> > >> > >> > The crash happens here: >> > >> > 0xec3d is in iwl3945_request_scan (/home/maxim/software/kernel/linux-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c:1878). >> > 1873 if (chan->band != band) >> > 1874 continue; >> > 1875 >> > 1876 scan_ch->channel = chan->hw_value; >> > 1877 >> > 1878 ch_info = iwl_get_channel_info(priv, band, scan_ch->channel); >> > 1879 if (!is_channel_valid(ch_info)) { >> > 1880 IWL_DEBUG_SCAN(priv, "Channel %d is INVALID for this band.\n", >> > 1881 scan_ch->channel); >> > 1882 continue; >> > >> > >> > The backtrace: >> > >> > <1>[14212.708840] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 00000002ffffffb1 >> > <1>[14212.709870] IP: [<ffffffffa0305c0d>] iwl3945_request_scan+0x61d/0xf90 [iwl3945] >> > <4>[14212.710763] PGD 0 >> > <0>[14212.711636] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP >> > <0>[14212.712519] last sysfs file: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0/hwmon/hwmon1/temp1_input >> > <4>[14212.713416] CPU 0 >> > <4>[14212.713432] Modules linked in: tg3 libphy iwl3945 iwlcore mac80211 cfg80211 ntfs vfat msdos fat lirc_ene0100 lirc_dev af_packet nfsd exportfs nfs lockd nfs_acl auth_rpcgss usb_storage usb_libusual cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_conservative r852 snd_hda_codec_realtek uvcvideo sm_common cpufreq_userspace acpi_cpufreq snd_hda_intel videodev mperf nand snd_hda_codec nand_ids sdhci_pci iTCO_wdt v4l2_compat_ioctl32 joydev snd_hwdep nand_ecc uhci_hcd sunrpc iTCO_vendor_support sdhci ehci_hcd psmouse snd_pcm mmc_core mtd usbcore coretemp ac sg battery evdev serio_raw snd_page_alloc video nouveau ttm drm_kms_helper drm i2c_algo_bit [last unloaded: cfg80211] >> > <4>[14212.718797] >> > <4>[14212.718797] Pid: 4263, comm: iwl3945 Not tainted 2.6.35-rc1 #30 Nettiling/Aspire 5720 >> > <4>[14212.718797] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa0305c0d>] [<ffffffffa0305c0d>] iwl3945_request_scan+0x61d/0xf90 [iwl3945] >> > <4>[14212.718797] RSP: 0018:ffff88006ce91c80 EFLAGS: 00010297 >> > <4>[14212.718797] RAX: ffff880066e74100 RBX: ffff88001b2c1dc0 RCX: 00000002ffffffb1 >> > <4>[14212.718797] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00000000ffff8800 RDI: ffff88001b2c1dc0 >> > <4>[14212.718797] RBP: ffff88006ce91d70 R08: 000000000000030e R09: 00000000ffffffff >> > <4>[14212.718797] R10: 0000000000000058 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000000000 >> > <4>[14212.718797] R13: ffff88001b295800 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff88001b2958f2 >> > <4>[14212.718797] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff880002400000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 >> > <4>[14212.718797] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b >> > <4>[14212.718797] CR2: 00000002ffffffb1 CR3: 000000000155b000 CR4: 00000000000006f0 >> > <4>[14212.718797] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 >> > <4>[14212.718797] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 >> > <4>[14212.718797] Process iwl3945 (pid: 4263, threadinfo ffff88006ce90000, task ffff88006d04a280) >> > <0>[14212.718797] Stack: >> > <4>[14212.718797] ffffffffa02c3810 ffff88006d04a2f0 ffff88006ce91cb0 ffffffff81036911 >> > <4>[14212.718797] <0> 0000000000000000 0000000000000001 ffff88006ce91cd0 ffffffff00000000 >> > <4>[14212.718797] <0> 0057000000000246 0000005800000021 ffff88006ce91fd8 0058ffff813a07bf >> > <0>[14212.718797] Call Trace: >> > <4>[14212.718797] [<ffffffffa02c3810>] ? iwl_bg_start_internal_scan+0x0/0x3d0 [iwlcore] >> > <4>[14212.718797] [<ffffffff81036911>] ? get_parent_ip+0x11/0x50 >> > <4>[14212.718797] [<ffffffffa02c3810>] ? iwl_bg_start_internal_scan+0x0/0x3d0 [iwlcore] >> > <4>[14212.718797] [<ffffffffa02c3b2a>] iwl_bg_start_internal_scan+0x31a/0x3d0 [iwlcore] >> > <4>[14212.718797] [<ffffffff81056dfe>] ? worker_thread+0x1ce/0x390 >> > <4>[14212.718797] [<ffffffff81056e50>] worker_thread+0x220/0x390 >> > <4>[14212.718797] [<ffffffff81056dfe>] ? worker_thread+0x1ce/0x390 >> > <4>[14212.718797] [<ffffffff8105bc80>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x40 >> > <4>[14212.718797] [<ffffffff81056c30>] ? worker_thread+0x0/0x390 >> > <4>[14212.718797] [<ffffffff8105b7fe>] kthread+0xae/0xc0 >> > <4>[14212.718797] [<ffffffff81003b94>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10 >> > <4>[14212.718797] [<ffffffff8105b750>] ? kthread+0x0/0xc0 >> > <4>[14212.718797] [<ffffffff81003b90>] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x0/0x10 >> > <0>[14212.718797] Code: ff ff 41 8d 52 ff 66 89 95 56 ff ff ff eb 14 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 41 ff c4 44 3b 60 0c 0f 83 eb 00 00 00 49 63 d4 48 8b 4c d0 38 <44> 3b 31 75 e6 0f b7 41 06 44 89 f6 41 88 47 01 0f b6 d0 48 89 >> > <1>[14212.718797] RIP [<ffffffffa0305c0d>] iwl3945_request_scan+0x61d/0xf90 [iwl3945] >> > <4>[14212.718797] RSP <ffff88006ce91c80> >> > <0>[14212.718797] CR2: 00000002ffffffb1 >> > <4>[14212.760163] ---[ end trace 7075fd19298c88a3 ]--- >> > <0>[14212.761267] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception >> > <4>[14212.762226] Pid: 4263, comm: iwl3945 Tainted: G D 2.6.35-rc1 #30 >> > <4>[14212.763193] Call Trace: >> > <4>[14212.764143] [<ffffffff8139e487>] panic+0x90/0x10a >> > <4>[14212.765084] [<ffffffff8100737c>] oops_end+0xcc/0xe0 >> > <4>[14212.765095] [<ffffffff81027c13>] no_context+0xf3/0x260 >> > <4>[14212.765106] [<ffffffff810622e5>] ? sched_clock_local+0x25/0x90 >> > <4>[14212.765116] [<ffffffff81027e95>] __bad_area_nosemaphore+0x115/0x1d0 >> > <4>[14212.765128] [<ffffffff81027f5e>] bad_area_nosemaphore+0xe/0x10 >> > <4>[14212.765138] [<ffffffff810283c6>] do_page_fault+0x2e6/0x390 >> > <4>[14212.765148] [<ffffffff810622e5>] ? sched_clock_local+0x25/0x90 >> > <4>[14212.765158] [<ffffffff81062410>] ? sched_clock_cpu+0xc0/0x110 >> > <4>[14212.765169] [<ffffffff8100add7>] ? native_sched_clock+0x27/0x80 >> > <4>[14212.765179] [<ffffffff810622e5>] ? sched_clock_local+0x25/0x90 >> > <4>[14212.765191] [<ffffffff813a309f>] page_fault+0x1f/0x30 >> > <4>[14212.765207] [<ffffffffa0305c0d>] ? iwl3945_request_scan+0x61d/0xf90 [iwl3945] >> > <4>[14212.765232] [<ffffffffa02c3810>] ? iwl_bg_start_internal_scan+0x0/0x3d0 [iwlcore] >> > <4>[14212.765246] [<ffffffff81036911>] ? get_parent_ip+0x11/0x50 >> > <4>[14212.765266] [<ffffffffa02c3810>] ? iwl_bg_start_internal_scan+0x0/0x3d0 [iwlcore] >> > <4>[14212.765286] [<ffffffffa02c3b2a>] iwl_bg_start_internal_scan+0x31a/0x3d0 [iwlcore] >> > <4>[14212.765299] [<ffffffff81056dfe>] ? worker_thread+0x1ce/0x390 >> > <4>[14212.765310] [<ffffffff81056e50>] worker_thread+0x220/0x390 >> > <4>[14212.765320] [<ffffffff81056dfe>] ? worker_thread+0x1ce/0x390 >> > <4>[14212.765333] [<ffffffff8105bc80>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x40 >> > <4>[14212.765344] [<ffffffff81056c30>] ? worker_thread+0x0/0x390 >> > <4>[14212.765353] [<ffffffff8105b7fe>] kthread+0xae/0xc0 >> > <4>[14212.765365] [<ffffffff81003b94>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10 >> > <4>[14212.765376] [<ffffffff8105b750>] ? kthread+0x0/0xc0 >> > <4>[14212.765386] [<ffffffff81003b90>] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x0/0x10 >> > <3>[14212.765402] [drm:drm_fb_helper_panic] *ERROR* panic occurred, switching back to text console >> >> >> >> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c >> >> index 3e5bffb..1aef988 100644 >> >> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c >> >> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c >> >> @@ -1861,6 +1861,11 @@ static int iwl3945_get_channels_for_scan(struct iwl_priv *priv, >> >> if (!sband) >> >> return 0; >> >> >> >> + if(!priv->scan_request) { >> >> + WARN_ON(1); >> >> + return 0; >> >> + } >> >> + >> >> active_dwell = iwl_get_active_dwell_time(priv, band, n_probes); >> >> passive_dwell = iwl_get_passive_dwell_time(priv, band, vif); >> >> >> >> >> >> 2. mulicast/broadcast is broken. >> >> this results in DHCP non working on open access point. >> >> It seems that DHCP does work on my home wireless, but avahi-autoipd doesn't see any neighbours, and this is annoying. >> >> It can be worked around by doing (sudo ifconfig wlan0 promisc) >> >> >> >> >> > Best regards, >> > Maxim Levitsky >> > >> > -- >> > 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
