Hello,
I wrote a message a view days ago about crashes I encountered when using a new 2.4.14 kernel. My system froze completely when the connection over my mobile was disconnected. Now I did some more checks and found that the same occurs in the kernels 2.4.9 and 2.4.10. I will yet have to find the last kernel IrDA works for me (before I had 2.4.5 which worked but I deleted the code and the kernel before I found the 'new feature'). Only then I can be 100% sure that the crashes are caused by the IrDA-code and not by the hardware or a misconfiguration. Yesterday I applied the patches that were posted on this list and compiled a new kernel. First my computer failed to connect over my mobile which always happens at times and might be due to the poor service of my mobile provider. The computer did not hang and I was happy. My next try to collect my e-mail worked but the system froze on hang-up... :( pppd could just log the number of bytes that were sent and received, then all was over... My computer is a Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook E-6550, the system around the kernel consists of a Redhat 7.1 distribution. Need- less to say that the kernel source was a pristine kernel from kernel.org... I can't resist to add that with all the other bugs in 2.4.14 I will probably change back to 2.4.5 if a 2.4.15 that matches previous standards (2.2 series) isn't there soon. I even know somebody that changed back to 2.2... :( Still, I appreciate the work you all do! -- Philipp Boerker - Mixed-signals ICs Design Engineer Infineon Technologies AG, COM ANS, MchB/KU II, R.910906 Rosenheimer Str. 116 81669 Muenchen phone: +49 89 234 54 725 fax: +49 89 234 85 664 _______________________________________________ Linux-IrDA mailing list - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pasta.cs.UiT.No/mailman/listinfo/linux-irda
