Re: D-Link DCF-660W and wlanctl-ng causes kernel panic

Solomon Peachy <[email protected]> Thu, 5 Oct 2006 11:27:10 -0400
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On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 08:54:42AM -0500, Dzuy Nguyen wrote:
> I have not tried 0.2.5, but I reading the CHANGES in the release, it
> does not seem
> to have anything to address this issue.

Perhaps not that specifically, but it's certianly possible that it was=20
inadvertantly fixed.

> Yes, it's embedded PPC, 8xx processor type.  There is no -m option in
> insmod,
> certainly not from busybox.  Are you referring to 2.4 kernel convention
> (modulename.o)?
> This is 2.6.12 kernel (.ko).

What I wanted was the module symbol output.  -m gives it to you on=20
busybox built for 2.4 support, at least. =20

> Where do I start to debug this problem?  I compiled wlan with debug
> turned on.
> The last function in the code was in hfa384x_cmd_initialize(), but  you
> probably
> could have guessed that since it was just about to enable the interface.

Then the simplest way is binary searching to figure what line in that=20
function is causing you to crash.

I'd recommend you update to 0.2.5 first, though.

 - Solomon
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