Two anomalous behaviors with kernel 2.6.7-win4lin-r5 + prism54 (Netgear WG511), hotkeys, mozilla: 1) at boot up: KDM login manager starts, leave it untouched (no login attempt, no key pressed), after 20-30 seconds the system re-boots unexpectedly. 2) after having booted: log-in without waiting, wait for KDE to load and show all its stuff, then push th MAIL button to start mozilla-mail (hotkeys package is used), system freezes (at least X; hard reboot necessary). I've not tested if the machine is reacheable via network... No problem booting with card unplugged. All fine with other 2.4.x-gentoo, 2.6.x-gentoo kernels. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot the laptop, 2. wait for KDM login prompt to appear 3.a wait some seconds, or 3.b log-in 4.b push the hotkey MAIL (assigned to mozilla-mail) 5.b mozilla starts and tries to access the network Actual Results: 3.a -> system reboots 5.b -> system freezes (mozilla-mail still in "sandglass" phase) Expected Results: 3.a -> stand waiting for log-in 5.b -> access network and connect to mail servers The system is composed of: - Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook C1020 (see attached lspci output) - Netgear WG511 wireless pcmcia - Linux flexzo 2.6.7-win4lin-r5 #1 Sat Aug 14 12:15:31 CEST 2004 i686 Mobile Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 - M CPU 1.70GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux - KDE 3.2.3 - hotkeys 0.5.7.1-r1 - mozilla 1.7.2-r1 Both win4lin and wi-fi modules are loaded at boot. See attachements for a system log excerpt.
Created attachment 39304 [details] output of lscpi -v
Created attachment 39305 [details] excerpt of system log
If you try the latest 2.6.8.1 patchesv on a vanilla 2.6.8.1 kernel available at http://www.netraverse.com/member/downloads/kernel_patch.php do you also get these lockups and reboots?
Tried vanilla kernel 2.6.8.1 with mki-adapter26_1_3_7.patch (see attached config file): almost same behavior, but a bit more randomly lockingup/rebooting. After boot-up, sometimes reboots, sometimes locks up, btw always unstable! I made another test: after boot-up, switch to text console, log in as user, try to open a network connection (e.g. via ssh) -> system crashes with an endless flood of oops messages; in one case it stopped with a panic (see attached files).
Created attachment 39506 [details] kernel 2.6.8.1-win4lin configuration file
Created attachment 39507 [details] kernel log #1
Created attachment 39508 [details] kernel log #2
Can you reproduce this on 2.6.9?
I'm waiting for the right Netraverse's patch: tested against a 2.6.8.1 patch, but couldn't compile...
Can you not use the 2.6.9 win4lin ebuild in portage?
Created attachment 44068 [details] boot log 2.6.9-win4lin Tested also 2.6.9 ebuild. Got similar results as with previous kernels: - one panic occurrence (couldn't trace it) at the first network operation attempt; - self-reboot at any other attempt to access the network; - in some cases, some errors occur and the wifi card is not activated (see attached "boot log 2.6.9-win4lin"). Again, booting with the card uninserted, and configuring it after boot works fine. Note that, the system is upgraded to use the "coldplug" interface instead of the old hotplug boot sequence.
If this is a wn4lin issue I would consider it as UPSTREAM for win4lin. Do you also experience this issue in gentoo-dev-sources without the win4lin patch?
Not at all, all gentoo-dev-sources I use (currently 2.6.9-r4) work fine!
Please report this issue upstream, we can do nothing about it, if win4lin releases broken kernel patches.
Ok, but sorry for my ignorance, what does exactly UPSTREAM mean? Should I report this issue to another gentoo's bugzilla branch, or should I contact win4lin's developers?
You are right, upstream is win4lin developers. So please contact them as we cannot really fix the problem without digging deeper into the kernel patch.
