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Re: [PATCH] net/wireless: ipw2100: Fix WARN_ON occurring in wiphy_register called by ipw2100_pci_init_one

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On 14 May 2012 20:01, Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 05/14/2012 06:06 PM, Stanislav Yakovlev wrote:
>>
>> The problem was found by Larry Finger:
>> http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=133702401700614&w=2
>>
>> The problem is identical to the one for ipw2200 which is already fixed:
>> http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=133457257407196&w=2
>>
>> [   17.766431] ------------[ cut here ]------------
>> [   17.766467] WARNING: at net/wireless/core.c:562
>> ...
>> [   17.766769] ---[ end trace 559898c6bb0d1c75 ]---
>> [   17.767093] ipw2100: probe of 0000:02:03.0 failed with error -5
>>
>> This warning appears only if we apply Ben Hutchings' fix
>> http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=132720204412667&w=2
>> for the bug reported by Cesare Leonardi
>> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=656813
>> with cfg80211 warning during device registration
>> ("cfg80211: failed to add phy80211 symlink to netdev!").
>>
>> We separate device bring up and registration with network stack
>> to avoid the problem.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Stanislav Yakovlev<stas.yakovlev@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>
>> Larry, can you test it once again?
>
> Tested-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Yes, this patch fixes the problem.

Thanks!

Stanislav.
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