Re: [Ipw2100-devel] 2.6.32-rc4 ipw2200: oops on missing firmware
"John W. Linville" <[email protected]> Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:59:33 -0400
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.kernel,gmane.linux.drivers.ipw2100.devel,gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general |
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On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 02:50:28PM +0800, Zhu Yi wrote: > OK. The rfkill device is removed without being added before! The root > cause is, for non-monitor interfaces, the syntax for > alloc_ieee80211/free_80211 is wrong. Because alloc_ieee80211 only > creates (wiphy_new) a wiphy, but free_80211() does wiphy_unregister() > also. This is only correct when the later wiphy_register() is called > successfully, which apparently is not the case for your fw doesn't exist > one. Please see if this patch fix the problem. > > Signed-off-by: Zhu Yi <[email protected]> Thanks, Zhu! That certainly looks better than what I had. John -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you [email protected] might be all we have. Be ready.