Kernel freezes when bringing up and down the interface wlan1 Steps to reproduce: ifconfig wlan1 up ifconfig wlan1 down ifconfig wlan0 up ----hard kernel freeze--- Sometimes takes 2 steps, sometimes takes 3 steps. Using: kernel 2.6.38.4 x86_64 madwifi 0.9.4.4136 dmesg output: [ 59.054323] pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: pccard: CardBus card inserted into slot 0 [ 59.054379] pci 0000:05:00.0: [168c:0013] type 0 class 0x000200 [ 59.054456] pci 0000:05:00.0: reg 10: [mem 0x00000000-0x0000ffff] [ 59.054721] pci 0000:05:00.0: BAR 0: assigned [mem 0xe3400000-0xe340ffff] [ 59.054735] pci 0000:05:00.0: BAR 0: set to [mem 0xe3400000-0xe340ffff] (PCI address [0xe3400000-0xe340ffff]) [ 59.085804] ath5k 0000:05:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002) [ 59.085816] ath5k 0000:05:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18 [ 59.085974] ath5k 0000:05:00.0: registered as 'phy1' [ 59.564355] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x60 [ 59.564357] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map [ 59.564359] ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00 [ 59.564360] ath: Regpair used: 0x60 [ 59.564437] ieee80211 phy1: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht' [ 59.564806] ath5k phy1: Atheros AR5213A chip found (MAC: 0x59, PHY: 0x43) [ 59.564808] ath5k phy1: RF2112B 2GHz radio found (0x46) lspci- v output: 05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5001X+ Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01) Subsystem: PROXIM Inc Device 0a40 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 18 Memory at e3400000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 Kernel driver in use: ath5k Kernel modules: ath5k, ath_pci Other People with same problem but different chipsets: http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-wireless/msg54555.html https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/20735?project=0 -- 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
