Bug 79946 – gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.10-r6 breaks linux-wlan-ng

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED TEST-REQUEST

[Description Martin Probst 2005-01-29 04:53:39 UTC]

When upgrading my kernel from 2.6.9-r13 to 2.6.10-r6 linux-wlan-ng stopped working. When starting /etc/init.d/wlan "prism2dl" fails as it has always done. But after that there is a message about some internal error in the module. dmesg and syslog say this:

prism2usb_init: prism2_usb.o: 0.2.1-pre23 Loaded
prism2usb_init: dev_info is: prism2_usb
usbcore: registered new driver prism2_usb
Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7e2ffe
Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7e3ffe
Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7e4ffe
Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7e5ffe
Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7e6ffe
Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7e7ffe
Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7e8ffe
Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7e9ffe
Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7eaffe
Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7ebffe
Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7ecffe
Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7edffe
Writing 3010 bytes to ram @0x7eeffe
Writing 416 bytes to ram @0x7efc20
Writing 16 bytes to ram @0x7efdd0
Writing 4044 bytes to ram @0x7f0800
Writing 3288 bytes to ram @0x7fe000
hfa384x_docmd: ctlx failure=REQ_FAILED
hfa384x_drvr_start: cmd_initialize() failed, result=-5
prism2sta_ifstate: hfa384x_drvr_start() failed,result=-5

I'll try to see if linux-wlan-ng_pre25 (not in portage yet) fixes this.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge & build gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.10-r6
2. emerge linux-wlan-ng
3. start /etc/init.d/wlan

Actual Results:  
Error message in syslog, wlan not working

Expected Results:  
WLAN working.

Portage 2.0.51-r3 (default-linux/x86/2004.3, gcc-3.4.3, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1, 
2.6.9-gentoo-r13 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.9-gentoo-r13 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.60GHz
Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16
distcc 2.16 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled]
Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r5
Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1
Binutils: sys-devel/binutils-2.15.92.0.2-r1
Headers:  sys-kernel/linux26-headers-2.6.8.1-r2
Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r7
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -O3 -funroll-loops -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
COMPILER=""
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.
1/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/
config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/
pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/
config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ 
/usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -O3 -funroll-loops -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sfperms"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Linux/gentoo ftp://
ftp.tu-clausthal.de/pub/linux/gentoo/ http://mirrors.sec.informatik.tu-
darmstadt.de/gentoo http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo ftp://ftp.uni-
erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo"
MAKEOPTS="-j3"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage /usr/local/bmg-main /usr/local/bmg-gnome-
current"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="x86 X acpi adns alsa apache2 apm avi bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts 
cdr crypt cups curl dhcp doc dvd eds encode esd f77 fam flac font-server 
foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm graphviz gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile 
hal imagemagick imlib ipv6 java jce jpeg junit ldap libg++ libwww lufsusermount 
mad mikmod mmx mono motif mozilla mozilla-firebird moznocompose moznoirc 
moznomail mpeg mppe-mppc mysql mythtv nas ncurses nls nntp nptl nvidia offensive 
oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdf pdflib perl php png python qt quicktime readline 
samba sdl slang spell sse ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex threads tiff truetype 
truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb v4l v4l2 vim vim-with-x xml xml2 xmms xv 
zlib linguas_de"

[Comment 1 Martin Probst 2005-01-29 05:11:39 UTC]

It's exactly the same with pre25. The message I get on starting /etc/init.d/wlan is "implementation_failure" btw.

Hardware is a Netgear MA111 USB stick.

prism2usb_init: prism2_usb.o: 0.2.1-pre25 Loaded
prism2usb_init: dev_info is: prism2_usb
usbcore: registered new driver prism2_usb
Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7e2ffe
Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7e3ffe
Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7e4ffe
Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7e5ffe
Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7e6ffe
Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7e7ffe
Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7e8ffe
Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7e9ffe
Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7eaffe
Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7ebffe
Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7ecffe
Writing 4096 bytes to ram @0x7edffe
Writing 3010 bytes to ram @0x7eeffe
Writing 416 bytes to ram @0x7efc20
Writing 16 bytes to ram @0x7efdd0
Writing 4044 bytes to ram @0x7f0800
Writing 3288 bytes to ram @0x7fe000
hfa384x_docmd: ctlx failure=REQ_FAILED
hfa384x_drvr_start: cmd_initialize() failed, result=-5
prism2sta_ifstate: hfa384x_drvr_start() failed,result=-5

[Comment 2 Daniel Drake (RETIRED) 2005-02-09 07:59:54 UTC]

Please test 2.6.11-rc3

[Comment 3 Martin Probst 2005-02-10 03:12:57 UTC]

Sorry, 2.6.11-rc3 does not seem to be in portage yet - at least I don't get the ebuild when I emerge sync. Can I get it from a different source?

[Comment 4 Daniel Drake (RETIRED) 2005-02-10 03:25:43 UTC]

emerge development-sources-2.6.11_rc3

[Comment 5 Daniel Drake (RETIRED) 2005-03-16 06:21:17 UTC]

Need you to confirm the problem still exists on the latest kernels.