#472: Device Driver Crashes, Kernel Panics and Locking Problems
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Reporter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: blocker | Milestone: version 0.9.0 - move to new
codebase
Component: madwifi: driver | Version: trunk
Keywords: | Patch_attached: 0
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As many people know, there are lots of tickets open about kernel panics,
driver crashes and other hard to reproduce problems.
I've spent some time re-doing the driver locking calls to avoid some of
these problems.
I'll put up the patch here in a few hours (after stress testing it myself
first).
Here is a list of all active tickets that the patch may help solve:
http://madwifi.org/ticket/74
http://madwifi.org/ticket/97
http://madwifi.org/ticket/182
http://madwifi.org/ticket/191
http://madwifi.org/ticket/228
http://madwifi.org/ticket/279
http://madwifi.org/ticket/287
http://madwifi.org/ticket/292
http://madwifi.org/ticket/318
http://madwifi.org/ticket/319
http://madwifi.org/ticket/321
http://madwifi.org/ticket/377
http://madwifi.org/ticket/378
http://madwifi.org/ticket/397
http://madwifi.org/ticket/402
http://madwifi.org/ticket/420
http://madwifi.org/ticket/437
http://madwifi.org/ticket/456
http://madwifi.org/ticket/464
Note: I'm not sure of the stability of this patch, so use at your own
risk.
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Ticket URL: <http://madwifi.org/ticket/472>
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