I tested 7.2.11 with the patch and it resolved the issue. Thanks.
On Sat, Oct 17, 2026 at 3:13 PM Salvatore Bonaccorso <[email protected]> wrote: > Control: tags -1 + moreinfo > > Hi, > > On Sat, Oct 17, 2026 at 02:00:55PM -0400, Alex Krauss wrote: > > Package: src:linux > > Version: 7.2.11-1 > > Severity: important > > X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected] > > User: [email protected] > > Usertags: amd64 > > > > Dear Maintainer, > > > > Wifi with a USB wifi adapter with AR9271 chip (TP-Link TL-WN722N) works > fine > > with linux-image-7.2.9+deb14-amd64 but fails to initialize with linux- > > image-7.2.11+deb14-amd64 and linux-image-7.2.10+deb14-amd64. Running > "modprobe > > -r ath9k_htc" always results in a "Kernel Panic, Fatal exception in > interrupt", > > forcing a hard reboot. Running "sudo update-initramfs -u -k > 7.2.11+deb14-amd64" > > (and the same with 7.2.10+deb14-amd64) has no effect on this issue after > a > > reboot. Plugging in the wifi adapter into other USB ports also had no > effect. > > I suspect it is this one: > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=90201351a862182bdabfc1ad1c97b1e1b6ed5931 > > Can you test the kernel with that patch (i.e. the revert) on top > applied and see if this resolves your problem? > > If so it might be a duplicate of #1151097 and would merge both bugs > later. > > Regards, > Salvatore >

