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Re: memory leak in scan with 9170?

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On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Chuck Crisler <ccrisler@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Well, (as usual) I was wrong. It isn't a memory problem. It seems that after
>> some indeterminant time, the USB interface locks up. When we try to take it
>> down (ifconfig wlan0 down) we get a message about outstanding urbs. By
>> powering down the 9170 we can re-set the device and get it to re-associate
>> and resume work. So, the problem is a USB problem. The question is if it is
>> a module problem or a system problem. We are typically seeing this after
>> 50-200 reassociations. If we don't reassociate, it doesn't seem to occur.
>> Does anyone else have experience or insight into this?
>
> Upgrade.

Let me clarify, 2.6.31 is not supported, its not listed on kernel.org
any more as a supported kernel. You are losing valuable fixes by not
moving away from it. If you don't have a plan to move, you need it, if
you have policies to lock you down to old kernels, try to change it.

  Luis
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