Subject : Bug in rt2x00 rt73usb driver in latest git kernel Submitter : "Paul Eddington" <eddingtonpaul@googlemail.com> Date : 2008-09-24 18:02 References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122227940126260&w=4 This entry is being used for tracking a regression from 2.6.26. Please don't close it until the problem is fixed in the mainline.
This bug has lingered forever, I don't think it is a regression.
Created attachment 18061 [details] 0001-rt2x00-Fix-race-conditions-in-flag-handling.patch Can you try this patch?
On Friday, 26 of September 2008, John W. Linville wrote: > On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 08:53:39PM +0200, Ivo van Doorn wrote: > > On Friday 26 September 2008, Ivo van Doorn wrote: > > > On Friday 26 September 2008, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > > > > Well, according to the information I've received from Paul this > particular > > > > problem is a regression from 2.6.26, so it's been added to the list of > recent > > > > regressions. > > > > > > Seriously, this error message is the most annoying rt2x00 error message > _ever_. > > > It should have been fixed 3 kernels ago, but it keeps popping up again > and again. > > > > > > Paul, what is the git commit id with which you encountered this bug? > > > > Oh and please test rt2x00.git as well, since some patches which should fix > this issue > > are in there (and in wireless-testing.git) but not in Linus' tree since > they are scheduled > > for 2.6.28. > > Can you identify which fixes those are likely to be? > > John > > P.S. Of course, as you pointed out this isn't a new bug. Since it > existed in 2.6.26, then technically it isn't a regression under > current merging practices as I understand them.
Dropped from the list of recent regressions.
Sent email to "Paul Eddington" <eddingtonpaul@googlemail.com> requesting his attention to this bug.
Well this is actually a duplicate of #9622
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 9622 ***