Re: 2.6.24-rc1: hangs when logging in to X session

2007-11-05 Thread Marcus Better
Herbert Xu wrote: > > > > > My laptop hangs when I try to log in to X with the current git > > > > > kernel (commit 2a397e82c7db18019e408f953dd58dc1963a328c). It runs > > > > > fine with 2.6.23. At boot time kdm starts normally, but hangs with > > > > > the caps lock LED blinking immediately after

Re: [PATCH] Intel IXP4xx network drivers v.2 - Ethernet and HSS

2007-05-09 Thread Marcus Better
Lennert Buytenhek wrote: > Does that mean that the Debian ARM people have their heads so far > up their collective asses that they think that every form of change > is bad and are unable to accept that some forms of change might be > for the better? Well, I am not one of the Debian ARM people, jus

Re: [PATCH] Intel IXP4xx network drivers v.2 - Ethernet and HSS

2007-05-09 Thread Marcus Better
Krzysztof Halasa wrote: > Lennert Buytenhek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> There _is_ an ARM BE version of Debian. >> >> It's not an official port, but it's not maintained any worse than >> the 'official' LE ARM Debian port is. > Hmm... That changes a bit. Perhaps we should forget about > that LE

[PATCH] d80211: select CRC32 functions

2007-01-24 Thread Marcus Better
The d80211 stack requires CRC32 functions for the WEP implementation. Signed-off-by: Marcus Better <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- net/d80211/Kconfig |1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/d80211/Kconfig b/net/d80211/Kconfig index 7e2635f..d91f0db 100644 ---

Re: dscape doesn't auto associate

2007-01-24 Thread Marcus Better
Jon Smirl wrote: > Has this project moved elsewhere? > > http://hostap.epitest.fi/wpa_supplicant Apparently it's down at this moment: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.hostap/15287 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [E

[PATCH] cfg80211: Correct conditional compile of wext-common.c.

2007-01-21 Thread Marcus Better
wext-common.o is required if CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT is set. Looks like `CONFIG_NET_WIRELESS' is a typo. Signed-off-by: Marcus Better <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- a/net/wireless/Makefile +++ b/net/wireless/Makefile @@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ obj-ny := # this needs to be compiled

[PATCH] nl80211: Allocate array of pointers for nla_parse

2007-01-16 Thread Marcus Better
The code allocates an array of struct nlattr, but it seems to me that it should allocate an array of pointers. Signed-off-by: Marcus Better <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c +++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c @@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ static int nl80211_initiate_scan(struct sk_buf

Re: rtl8139: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out

2006-07-10 Thread Marcus Better
Thomas Hellström wrote: >>> Does the "noirqdebug" option fix the problem? >> Yes... but it breaks switching to a text console. > Are you _sure_ these are related? Yes. (I tried a few times and it always crashed, whereas without noirqdebug I've switched mode successfully hundreds of times.) With

Re: rtl8139: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out

2006-07-10 Thread Marcus Better
Thomas Hellström wrote: > Does the "noirqdebug" option fix the problem? Yes... but it breaks switching to a text console. I get an interesting "fluid" effect on the screen (a bright static pattern), and the keyboard locks up. Marcus signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: rtl8139: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out

2006-07-09 Thread Marcus Better
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thomas Hellström wrote: > Strange. I've also seen the i915 sending false interrupts on its own > line, though. Here's the interrupt table with i915 loaded: ~$ cat /proc/interrupts CPU0 0: 401031 XT-PIC timer 1: 3681

Re: rtl8139: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out

2006-07-09 Thread Marcus Better
Thomas Hellström wrote: > I guess you got the wrong commit, and the correct one should be the one > where Dave adds vblank interrupts. It should be close to the one you > listed. I thought I double-checked that it was the right commit, but will check again. > If the network sits on the same IRQ l

Re: rtl8139: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out

2006-07-07 Thread Marcus Better
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 (For those haven't followed, this is about http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/38493 ) Francois Romieu wrote: > Marcus Better <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : >> I'm seeing this problem on my Acer Travelmate 223X laptop

Re: rtl8139: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out

2006-07-04 Thread Marcus Better
Francois Romieu wrote: > In a better world, you would narrow the suspect with a git bissect [1] > between v2.6.15 and v2.6.16. Will try. It may take some time... Marcus - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordo

rtl8139: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out

2006-06-30 Thread Marcus Better
I'm seeing this problem on my Acer Travelmate 223X laptop with built-in Realtek 8139: The ethernet stops working, usually after at most a few minutes operation. The problem appears in kernel 2.6.16 and 2.6.17, but not in 2.6.15. It prints the following in the syslog: Jun 28 07:50:36 kelev kernel:

Re: [PATCH] bcm43xx-d80211: proper implementation of virtual interface support

2006-05-04 Thread Marcus Better
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jiri Benc wrote: > This is unnecessary. AFAIK bcm43xx hardware doesn't support more than one > interface at a time (not counting monitor interfaces as those are somewhat > special). I wonder what exactly is causing this limitation? Why isn't it just a

Re: Wireless tap device

2006-04-05 Thread Marcus Better
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mike Kershaw wrote: >>Looks very interesting, but I had in mind exactly the opposite (if I >>understand correctly): packets written to the virtual device would be >>received by the kernel, instead of going out to the radio. The kernel >>would think it

Re: Wireless tap device

2006-04-05 Thread Marcus Better
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mike Kershaw wrote: > Josh Wright and I have been working on a library to make a common > injection layer across the drivers, Looks very interesting, but I had in mind exactly the opposite (if I understand correctly): packets written to the virtual de

Wireless tap device

2006-04-04 Thread Marcus Better
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi developers, is there a convenient way to inject 802.11 frames into the stack from user-space? I am thinking about something analogous to the tap device for Ethernet. That is, a "virtual" wireless device that would receive frames from user-space. I