On Sun, 2012-12-30 at 10:27 -0500, Ben Collins wrote: > On Dec 29, 2012, at 6:50 PM, Ben Hutchings <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sat, 2012-12-29 at 13:10 +0000, Malcolm Priestley wrote: > >> shorted back-ported version of upstream commit > >> 11d404cb56ecd53bb23499897fbe7be1a9ac4827 > >> staging: vt6656: fix headers and add cfg80211. > >> key.c only > >> > >> This patch fixes the deadlock of 64 bit systems > >> on successful association. > >> > >> In key.h void pointer pvKeyTable in SKeyItem is out of alignment > >> on 64 bit kernel. > >> > >> The upstream arrangement of headers fixes this. > > [...] > > > > Please explain how. I don't see anything weird about key.h and mac.h > > that would cause structure definitions to be interpreted differently > > depending on inclusion order. > > Also, I would argue that such a dependency is a bug in itself. If such a > dependency does exist, it needs to be either resolved so it's not possible > for this to happen as described, or it needs a compile-time check to error > out if the includes are not done in the proper order. > I agree, but that is a matter for upstream.
This device is usually built-in to desktops/laptops. The situation we have at the moment with 64 bit CD. 1) The machine hangs on boot. 2) Now to hangs on connection to a wifi point. There is nothing that annoys or ticks off users more. After rechecking everything this morning, this patch is the final fix for down stream. Regards Malcolm > -- > Servergy : http://www.servergy.com/ > SwissDisk : http://www.swissdisk.com/ > Ubuntu : http://www.ubuntu.com/ > My Blog : http://ben-collins.blogspot.com/ > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
