Bug#582972: linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64: Inserting rtl819xU USB wireless device twice caused kernel error
On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 10:59 +1000, Russell Coker wrote:
> Package: linux-2.6 > Version: 2.6.32-13 > Severity: normal > > > > -- Package-specific info: > ** Version: > Linux version 2.6.32-5-amd64 (Debian 2.6.32-12) (ben@decadent.org.uk) (gcc version 4.3.4 (Debian 4.3.4-10) ) #1 SMP Mon May 3 10:42:25 UTC 2010 > > I inserted the USB wireless device, found it to not allow "ifconfig up", > removed it, inserted it again, and got a kernel error. [...] Not surprising... the driver is doing stupid things in procfs. Stay away from this hardware. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse. |
Bug#582972: linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64: Inserting rtl819xU USB wireless device twice caused kernel error
On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 03:15 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 10:59 +1000, Russell Coker wrote: > > Package: linux-2.6 > > Version: 2.6.32-13 > > Severity: normal > > > > > > > > -- Package-specific info: > > ** Version: > > Linux version 2.6.32-5-amd64 (Debian 2.6.32-12) (ben@decadent.org.uk) (gcc version 4.3.4 (Debian 4.3.4-10) ) #1 SMP Mon May 3 10:42:25 UTC 2010 > > > > I inserted the USB wireless device, found it to not allow "ifconfig up", > > removed it, inserted it again, and got a kernel error. > [...] > > Not surprising... the driver is doing stupid things in procfs. > Stay away from this hardware. I've attached a couple of patches which should fix this. Please could you test them? There are instructions for building a patched kernel based on the Debian kernel package at <http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-common-tasks.html#s-common-official>. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse. |
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